Omaha Beach, Easy Red sector, Colleville sur Mer, Midday of June the 6.

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Two survivor in a life raft are helped ashore by five comrades, one of them is lying on his front, almost certainly the same person as seen in one of the later pictures. They are survivors of a LCVP that struck a mine and sunk off the beach.

In the background is the cruiser USS Augusta (CA - 31) flagship of the Western Naval Task Force TF 122, Rear Admiral Alan G Kirk commanding with General Bradley on board in poisition off Fox sector Omaha Beach.