26-G-4385:  Normandy Invasion, June 1944.  Coast Guard-Manned LST Heads into French Coast.  A section of the French shoreline is photographed from a Coast Guard-manned LST moving in the beach to make connection with a rail spur jutting to the water’s edge.  When the union is completed, rail cars resting on the vessel’s track-equipped tank deck will roll ashore to start operation on the Army Transportation Corp’s vast network which supplies Allied armies on the Western Front.  The Tank Landing Ship serves as a floating link between railroads in England and France, Jun 1944.  (5/19/2015).
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