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Columns of Coast Guard LCI's, protected by barrage balloons against low flying Nazi strafers, advance upon the beaches of France.

National Archives and Records Administration1944-06-06

U.S. National Archives

U.S. National Archives
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Original Caption: Old Glory Moves to New Glory-Columns of Coast Guard LCI's, protected by barrage balloons against low flying Nazi strafers, advance upon the beaches of France in the wake of the Stars and Stripes. A Coast Guard combat photographer, going into the invasion on an LCI, caught this picture of the advance guard of the Liberation Fleet in the English Channel.

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  • Title: Columns of Coast Guard LCI's, protected by barrage balloons against low flying Nazi strafers, advance upon the beaches of France.
  • Creator: National Archives and Records Administration
  • Date: 1944-06-06
  • Location: Normandy, France.
U.S. National Archives

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