Model of WHALE Invasion Port Floating Dock

Small silver model entitled "WHALE" of a floating dock devised and built as part of the artificial harbor constructed off the beaches of Normandy in June 1944. A "Whale" was an 80 foot long pontoon bridge causeway, which connected the Lobnitz pier to the shore. Mounted on black-painted wooden base with two colors of metal simulating ocean and beach. Title of model on small silver plaques on either side of base. Presented to FDR by Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Second Quebec Conference in September 1944. FDR Library Museum Collection, MO 1947.93.103.