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From Life magazine: new color photos of D-day (link)

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G-J
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Posted by G-J on Thursday, June 6, 2013 7:55 PM

I had not seen those pictures before.  Very nice.  My imagery of WW II is almost always in black and white, so it was neat to see color pictures.

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Posted by Tojo72 on Thursday, June 6, 2013 7:24 AM

Fantastic pics,thanks,it's amazing how color shots make everything come alive.I like the one of the German POW's

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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, June 6, 2013 1:18 AM

Thanks for the link. I had seen many of those photos before, but not all of them. And not all linked together. Great stuff!

 

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From Life magazine: new color photos of D-day (link)
Posted by dirkpitt77 on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:54 PM

   Found this tonight on the web, and thought you would all like to see it:

   http://life.time.com/history/wwii-before-and-after-d-day-color-photos-from-england-and-france-1944/?iid=lf%7Cmostpop#1

  Chris

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