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First American-made D-Day picture from London

Files of Coast Guard LCIS (Landing Craft Infantry) move across the english channel for the D-Day invasion of the coast of Normandy. In this photograph by Coast Guard combat photographer S. Scott Wigle, former Detroit newspaperman. It was the first American-made D-Day picture from London. The LCIS carry barrage balloons as protection against low-flying Nazi strafing planes.

Graflex Ad using the photo in Life 1944

Images from the PhotosNormandies collection on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/people/photosnormandie/. It is a collaborative project involving more than 3,000 historic photos of the Battle of Normandy (6 June to late August 1944).