13 Liberty Ships deliberately scuttled to form a breakwater for invasion vessels landing on the Normandy beachhead lie in line off the beach shielding the ships in shore.

Caption     13 Liberty Ships deliberately scuttled to form a breakwater for invasion vessels landing on the Normandy beachhead lie in line off the beach shielding the ships in shore. ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Forces
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Photos at Same Place Arromanches, Normandy, France
Added By David Stubblebine
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