A necessary loss
Dead Soldiers on Omaha beach on D-Day, June 6th 1944. They were members of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
Photographed by Taylor.
Note inflatable life belts draped over some of the bodies, and a box over another.
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May 14, 2009
Army Signal Corps
U.S. National Archives
Dead Soldiers Omaha beach D-Day June 6th 1944 inflatable life belts attack assault invasion Normandy American America US USA