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Several LCI(L) Craft docked and LCVPs and other boats in Weymouth harbor, England, prior to D-Day in World War II

Large Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) docked in Weymouth, England, the day before D-Day, in World War 2. Seen are LCI(L)s numbered: 493, 495, and 491, part of Flotilla 10, operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. Small boat traffic in the channel includes Landing crafts Vehicle, Personnel (LCVPs) and other boats.

Location: Weymouth England

Date: 1944, June 5

Duration: 3 min 11 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

U.S. troops aboard and an LST and LCI(L) docked in England, 3 days before D-Day in World War II

American troops of the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division, eating lunch aboard a Landing Ship Tank docked at Weymouth, England, three days prior to D-Day. As they finish, they rinse their mess kits in hot water. A number of troops seen eating lunch as they sit on deck of large landing craft infantry LCI(L) number 88, which belongs to Flotilla 10, operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. (Note: Slate has wrong month. It is June 3rd)

Location: Weymouth England

Date: 1944, June 3

Duration: 1 min 4 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

U.S. Coast Guardsmen display fancy haircuts, 3 days before D-Day, during World War II

Four U.S. Coast Guardsmen sit on the deck of a ship docked at Weymouth, England, three days prior to D-Day, in World War 2. One of them hands out cigarettes that they smoke. The sailors take off their hats, simultaneously revealing haircuts that collectively spell the word 'HELL.'

Location: Weymouth England

Date: 1944, June 3

Duration: 39 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

U.S. soldiers talk with Coast Guard gun crew about their 20 mm antiaircraft gun, aboard LCI(L) docked in England before D-Day

A U.S. Coast Guard gun crew near a 20 mm antiaircraft gun aboard a Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) docked at Weymouth, England, 3 days before D-Day. U.S. troops ask questions about the gun.

Location: Weymouth England

Date: 1944, June 3

Duration: 1 min 29 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

U.S. Military Chaplain (Roman Catholic) conducts mass on pier in Weymouth harbor, England, 3 days before D-Day

U.S. troops and Coast Guardsmen assemble for religious service on a pier in the port of Weymouth, England, three days before the invasion of Normandy, France, in World War 2. A Roman Catholic Military Chaplain conducts the mass. Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) numbers 89 and 93 are tied up at the dock in the background. (These craft are part of LCI(L) Floltilla 10, operated by the United States Coast Guard.) A small dog stands at the feet of the Chaplain, as he conducts the mass. The service finishes as the Chaplain administers the sacrament of Holy Communion (Eucharist) to the troops. In concluding scenes, U.S. Landing Craft Infantry are seen underway from England, to join Assault Groups for the invasion of Normandy, France. One of the craft is seen to be Number 87 and another number 495.

Location: Weymouth England

Date: 1944, June 3

Duration: 3 min 10 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Views from Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) number 88, as she departs England for the invasion of Normandy, France in World War II

View toward stern of Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) 88 as she pulls away from the wharf at Weymouth, England, to join an amphibious assault Group destined for Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, in World War 2. Other LCI(L)s seen preparing, or underway, include numbers 488, 493, 497, and 498. Number 88, from which these scenes were recorded, belongs to Flotilla 10, part of an Assault Group operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, and is commanded by Lt. Henry K. Rigg, USCGR

Location: Weymouth England

Date: 1944, June 5

Duration: 2 min 7 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

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