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Task Force Gets Underway, Arrives Port en Bessin; USS Texas Bombards Beach, 06/07/1944
About this film
Naval Photographic Center film #4344. National Archives description "1) LS-Pan BBs, CAs & APs at Port en Bessin.2) MS USS TEXAS bombards Fr. coast.3) LS-Pan Fr. coast, USS McCOOK on patrol off Fr. coast.4) MS-CU Sea detail aboard USS PLUNKETT takes in anchor-SV.5) MS Washing mud from anchor; men place stop in anchor chain.6) LS-Pan Task force, BBs, Cas & DDs rendezvous with APs-SV.7) LS-Pan Convoy LSTs, LCTs escorted by DDs & barrage balloons.8) MS-Pan USS THOMAS JEFFERSON at anchor, planes pass (Typhoons)" National Archives Identifier 77069 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks.
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30), World War, 1939-1945, USS Thomas Jefferson, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, USS Texas, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, Japanese, USS Plunkett, USS McCook, Barrage Balloons, USS Texas (BB-35), Landing Craft -- United States, USS McCook (DD-496), World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, USS Plunkett (DD-431), United States. Navy
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