LST-392 unloads at Cherbourg, August the 1st 1944.

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Viewed through a dynamited German bunker we can see LST-392 unloading its cargo at Cherbourg. On the left is a Dodge WC-51 truck. Just about in view is the ramp that was constructed up to the LST that would allow the cargo of railway coaches to be rolled out.

On D-Day this LST belonged to LST division 70, in the second wave to hit Omaha Beach, Fox Green sector. It landed elements of 17th Signal Ops Bn, 509th MP Bn, 503rd Armoured Car Co (recon troops) and parts of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion for a total of 65 vehicles and 229 men, embarked from Falmouth.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160392.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/320th_Barrage_Balloon_Battalion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Signal_Battalion_(United_States)