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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: September 30, 2012
Caption: 155mm Gun Position of D-Day
Additional Description: "The Germans, after suffering bombardment before D-Day, moved the surviving 155mm guns from Pointe du Hoc and repositioned them in a hedgerow south of this location. They erected dummy guns made from wooden poles to fool Allied aircraft. Rangers found and destroyed the actual guns, positioned to fire at Utah Beach, on the morning of D-Day. This recaptured gun is similar to the guns destroyed that day." Point du Hoc pamphlet
Submitted: October 25, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p224245
File Size: 3.723 Megabytes

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