File:HMS Centurion as breakwater during storm off Omaha Beach in June 1944.jpg

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Waves batter the "Mulberry" artificial harbor off "Omaha" Beach, during the great storm of 19-22 June 1944.

Photographed from alongside the old British battleship Centurion, which had been sunk as a breakwater and anti-aircraft emplacement.
Date between 19 June 1944 and 22 June 1944
date QS:P,+1944-06-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1319,+1944-06-19T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1944-06-22T00:00:00Z/11
Source Official U.S. Navy photo 26-G-2963 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author USN

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