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Crossing the English Channel aboard a Coast Guard "Elsie" (or LCI), American soldiers catch their K rations and celery soup from the top of a 20mm rady box.
National Archives and Records Administration1944-06-06
U.S. National Archives
United States
Original Caption: Luncheon is Served in the English Channel- Come and get it boys, while the getting's good. Crossing the English Channel aboard a Coast Guard "Elsie" (or LCI), American soldiers catch their K rations and celery soup from the top of a 20mm rady box. Ahead lies the coast of France, but for the moment chow is the important thing. You can't fight on a hollow stomach.
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- Title: Crossing the English Channel aboard a Coast Guard "Elsie" (or LCI), American soldiers catch their K rations and celery soup from the top of a 20mm rady box.
- Creator: National Archives and Records Administration
- Date: 1944-06-06
- Location: Normandy, France.
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