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Embarkation: Normandy Invasion Of Europe, 1944
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United States Naval Photographic Center film #10836 National Archives description "1) HA MS Cargo net being lowered into LCVP. 2) HA MS LCVP alongside ship, showing men attempting to hook cargo net onto cargo hook. 3) MS Cargo hook coming up, piece of wire is hooked to it; men looking over rail in foreground. 4) MS Cargo net being unloaded on deck, two two-wheel carts on it. 5) CU Men's hands working on cargo net. 6) ECU Men making splice in net. 7) MCU Two men making a cargo net. 8) HA MS Troops coming up gangway onto transport, they are carrying shell cases on their backs. 9) MCU Men coming aboard ship, dressed in full combat uniform; net tender in background. 10) HA MLS Men on LCM. 11) CU Man's hands operating controls of winch; man is wearing dungarees. 12) MCU Jeep swinging from crane hook. 13) HA MS Jeep being lowered into hold of transport; winch operator in background. 14) HA MS LCVP loaded down with troops, coming alongside transport. 15) HA MS Troops climbing over side of transport, down cargo net into LCVP. 16) HA MLS Troops in LCVP as it pulls away from side of transport. 17) MS Troops climbing over side of ship onto steel chain ladder. 18) MLS LCVP being lowered over s…
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United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, Landing Craft -- United States, World War II, USS Samuel Chase (APA-26), World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, United States. Navy, WWII In Color, United States. Coast Guard, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, Hellcat (Fighter plane), World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, Barrage Balloons, USS Samuel Chase
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