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Picture of Ships Crossing the English Channel in Preparation for D-Day


Convoy of LCI(L)s en route to the Normandy beaches, with barrage balloons overhead, 6 June 1944. Photographed from USS Ancon (AGC-4). Note 20mm guns, with Mark 14 lead computing sights, on board Ancon. (June 6, 1944).

 

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Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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