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Description 26-G-2374: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. Coast Guard Rescue Craft Shelled by Nazis. Twin spouts boil close off the stern of a U.S. Coast Guard invasion rescue craft in the English Channel as Nazi shore batteries pour shellfire into the mighty Allied liberation fleet. Their wooden hulls exposed to heavy fire, these Coast Guard 83-footers rescued hundreds from the channel as enemy fire scored hits on the invasion ships, June 1944. (5/19/2015).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/17906567221 (archive). It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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