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Image: French Foreign Legion troops landing on a North African beach, during amphibious exercises c. late 1943 or early 1944 (18870875209)

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Description: 80-G-K-1194 (Color): French Foreign Legion troops Landing on a North African beach, during amphibious exercises in circa late 1943 or early 1944. They appear to have U.S. rifles, uniforms and equipment. The landing craft is a U.S. Navy LCVP. Note barbed wire beach obstructions in the foreground. The original Kodachrome transparency was received by the Naval Photographic Science Laboratory in March 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Title: French Foreign Legion troops landing on a North African beach, during amphibious exercises c. late 1943 or early 1944 (18870875209)
Credit: 80-G-K-01194
Author: National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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