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Normandy D-Day Minus 1, Activities Aboard USCG-Manned LCI, USS LCI(L)-88, 06/03/1944 - 06/06/1944
About this film
Date is 6/3-6/6 (one clapperboard is misdated 5/3), so film's title at National Archives is a bit off. United States Naval Photographic Center film #15759. National Archives description "1) HA MS U.S. troops, 1st division, eating aboard LCI. 2) HA MS Troops eating. (SV) 3) HA MCU Soldiers washing canteens. 4) HA MS Troops lounging on deck of LCI. 5) MS Sailors sitting on deck; one handing out cigarettes; take off hats; sailors have haircuts that spell out "HELL". 6) MS Navy crew manning 20mm gun; soldiers in BG. 7) MCU Same as above. (SV) 8) MCU C.G. man explaining part of breach of gun to soldiers. (SV) 9) MCU Soldiers standing around gun asking questions about its operation. 10) HA MS Catholic services aboard LCI; PAN, to other LCI"s alongside pier. 11) CU C.G. insignia, with photographer"s emblem in middle. 12) MCU Chaplain praying. 13) HA MCU Priest performing the Holy Sacrament of Communion. 14) MS Troops on deck at Mass. 15) MLS LCI underway. 16) LS Groups of LCI"s underway. (SV) 17) LS Three LCI"s underway. (SV) 18) MLS LCI"s tied alongside pier; village along pier; American flag flying from camera ship. 19) MS PAN Down stbd side of LCI; soldiers standing on deck. 20) CU Ame…
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, United States. Coast Guard, World War II, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, Landing Craft -- United States, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, Chaplains, Military -- United States, United States. -- Coast Guard -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, USS LCI(L)-88, Barrage Balloons, USS LST-498
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