Keywords: outdoor 26-G-06-13-44-2: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. First Tanks Hit the Normandy Beachhead, June 6, 1944. From US Coast Guard landing craft, tanks crawl out on the sands of Normandy during the early hours of D-Day. Soon after the fleet bombardment of enemy positions and close in the wakes of the first wave of fighting men, mechanized equipment started rolling down the ramps and into action as the Allied liberation forces swiftly secured their beachhead on the French invasion coast. Landing craft was from USS Samuel Chase (APA-26). (5/19/2015). 26-G-06-13-44-2: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. First Tanks Hit the Normandy Beachhead, June 6, 1944. From US Coast Guard landing craft, tanks crawl out on the sands of Normandy during the early hours of D-Day. Soon after the fleet bombardment of enemy positions and close in the wakes of the first wave of fighting men, mechanized equipment started rolling down the ramps and into action as the Allied liberation forces swiftly secured their beachhead on the French invasion coast. Landing craft was from USS Samuel Chase (APA-26). (5/19/2015). |