USS Samuel Chase (APA-26), Invasion Of Europe, 1944

About this film

United States Naval Photographic Center film #10838. National Archives description "1) LS Four LCMs underway; deck of unidentified ship in foreground; British mosquito boat in background. 2) LA MS Two Coast Guard officers and two enlisted men on bridge of ship. 3) HA MS Two soldiers lying on top of jeep asleep; CU of one of them. 4) MS Superstructure of LCT; soldiers in well deck, also some jeeps. 5) LS LCTs and LCIs underway; barrage balloon flying overhead; land in background. 6) MLS Steel barge loaded with equipment; two LCTs also seen. 7) LS Broadside view of LCI underway; land in background. 8) MCU LCU passing from right to left across frame; land in background. 9) CU Life buoy reading "USS Samuel Chase, USCG"; men in background. 10) HA MS Men on pier letting go of some lines. 11) HA MS Line handlers on pier, with hawser in their hands, walking down pier. 12) LS Group of civilians, look like Arabs. 13) CU Two Coast Guardsmen heaving on hawser, they are dressed in dungarees and white hats. 14) CU Union Jack coming down; tug in background. 15) LS French battleship; warehouses on pier in foreground. 16) G-A PBY flying overhead; gun shield in foreground; PAN with plane. 17) HA MS…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Samuel Chase, World War II, United States. Coast Guard, USS Samuel Chase (APA-26), World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, United States. -- Coast Guard -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, USS LST-522, Landing Craft -- United States

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