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A necessary loss

Photo of A necessary loss

Dead Soldiers on Omaha beach on D-Day, June 6th 1944. They were members of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.

Photographed by Taylor.

Note inflatable life belts draped over some of the bodies, and a box over another.

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U.S. National Archives