Normandy Invasion (1944): U.S. Coast Guard Video of D-Day

United States Coast Guard Report Number 4: Normandy Invasion. From the U.S. Coast Guard Public Affairs Staff Historian's Office, National Archives at College Park.
Video shows soldiers and Coast Guardsmen practicing amphibious landings in the United States and Great Britain; they play cards, sleep, write letters, and mend clothes aboard a transport. Shows allied planes bombing German positions in France, jeeps going aboard LST's, and troops embarking in LCV's and transports for the invasion. Airborne troops drop on Normandy and amphibious forces go ashore. German prisoners taken in the invasion embark on U.S. transports. Wounded U.S. troops are transferred from LCI's to hospital ships. Shows wrecked war material on Normandy beaches.
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Thank you for sharing this video by the Coast Guard. They played a big part in the Landings as well as other participation.

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