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Date June 6, 1944

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Utah Beach on D-Day
Utah Beach on D-Day
Explore the facts and figures about the landings on Utah Beach during the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944
Utah Beach: casemate at Les Dunes de Varreville
Utah Beach on D-Day
Utah Beach on D-Day
Utah Beach on D-Day
Utah Beach on D-Day
Cotentin Peninsula prior to D-Day
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, France, shortly after the assault on D-Day
The successful D-Day landings at Utah Beach explained
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Maxwell Taylor, 1962.
Maxwell Davenport Taylor
United States army officer
Kirk, Alan G.
Alan Goodrich Kirk
United States naval officer

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