File:Engineers construct rail line on Normandy beach in June 1944.jpg

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Description U.S. Army engineers construct a rail spur on a Normandy beach, to facilitate linkup between the shore and a freight car carrying LST, June 1944. Allied engineers used the rail line from Courseulles to Cean ("Ligne de Caen à la mer"), roughly in the "Juno" beach sector.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 26-G-4386 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author USN

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