Loaded for battle

A Coast Guard manned LST approaches the Normandy coast on D-Day, June 6th 1944.

Note small radar antenna on the LST's bridge, signalman using a blinker lamp, U.S. star markings on some truck covers, and the folded bicycle stowed atop the vehicle in the lower right.

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Uploaded:May 14, 2009
Copyright:U.S. Coast Guard
Source:U.S. National Archives
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