File:French Foreign Legion troops landing on a North African beach, during amphibious exercises c. late 1943 or early 1944 (18870875209).jpg

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Description 80-G-K-1194 (Color): French Foreign Legion troops Landing on a North African beach, during amphibious exercises in circa late 1943 or early 1944. They appear to have U.S. rifles, uniforms and equipment. The landing craft is a U.S. Navy LCVP. Note barbed wire beach obstructions in the foreground. The original Kodachrome transparency was received by the Naval Photographic Science Laboratory in March 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Date late 1943 or early 1944
Source 80-G-K-01194
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@N06/18870875209 (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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