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On the back of this photograph, Chuck Morrison writes:

Omaha Beach, or St Laurent su Mer, the barrage ballons are to keep the jerries from strafing us. The valley you see in the center of the picture is where we first stormed ashore, it was mined…

On the back of this photograph, Chuck Morrison writes:

A good view of the beach from one point from the bluff, the tank in the foreground never got ashore. underwater obstacles can be seen all along the shore line.

On the back of this photograph, Chuck Morrison writes:

Omaha Beach again, very quiet just now, this was taken on top of a tank I was riding on. Up the hill side from the beach.

On the back of this photograph, Chuck Morrison writes:

Engineers on Omaha trying to get things going so they can build the first strip to evacuate the wounded. Jerries long range shells keep them moving.

The back of this photo reads:

Normandy France
June 8, 1944
[Illegible]
CHUCK Morrison

On the back of this photograph, Chuck Morrison writes:

The cemetary at St Marie Eglise Normandy, taken over a year after the invasion, the French have planted grass and have cared for a large number of graves, it is the duty of every man woman and…

On the back of this photograph, Chuck Morrison writes:

Another view of bomb wrecked Rouen from the spire of the cathedral. Only the shell of it remains, notice the blocks of houses that have been leveled by the bombs. It will take centuries to…

On the back of this photograph, Chuck Morrison writes:

This is the dock area in the city of Roen France, all these vehicles were destroyed by allied bombers and later strafed. In the background can be seen the large cranes that unload cargo from…