American Reinforcements Arriving on the French Coast

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The Original Caption Reads; It’s Their Turn Now-American reinforcements, eager for their shot at the retreating Nazis in Normandy, pile from a Coast Guard landing barge into the surf on the French coast. Hardened for battle, they are going in to reinforce and replace the fighting units that secured the Norman beachhead and spread north toward Cherbourg.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Coast Guard.

National Archives Identifier: 12003965

Full Citation: Photograph 26-G-2409; Photograph of American Reinforcements Piling From a Coast Guard Landing Barge into the Surf on the French Coast Soldiers Crossing the English Channel Aboard a Coast Guard ‘Elsie’; 6/6/1944; Activities, Facilities, and Personalities; Records of the U.S. Coast Guard, Record Group 26; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/dday-american-reinforcements/, February 10, 2026]

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