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Image: Unloading of the 500,000th long ton at Le Havre

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Description: Le Havre, France. Sign reports the unloading of the 500,000th long ton at Le Havre by the 131st Quartermaster Battalion (M), U.S. Army, on August 11, 1945. Note black soldier in the DUKW and rusty side of the freighter alongside. Photographed by Klosterman.
Title: Unloading of the 500,000th long ton at Le Havre
Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command
Author: Photographed by Paul C. Klosterman.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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