Original Caption: Down the ramp of a Coast Guard Landing barge Yankee soldiers storm toward the beach-sweeping fire of Nazi defenders in the D-Day Invasion of the French Coast. Troops ahead may be seen lying flat under the deadly machine gun resistance of the Germans. Soon the Nazis were driven back under the overwhelming Invasion forces thrown in from Coast Guard and Navy amphibious craft. Chief Photographer’s Mate (CPHOM) Robert F. Sargent, U.S. Coast Guard. 6 June 1944. Series: Activities, Facilities, and Personalities, compiled 1886 – 1967. Department of Transportation. U.S. Coast Guard. Office of Public and International Affairs. (04/01/1967 – 1985). Record group: Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1785 – 2005
Photograph of the Normandy Invasion. June 6, 1944
Soldiers exit the landing craft ramp and approach the beaches of Normandy, France in June 1944.