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Vintage World War II era fighter planes flying overhead during the reenactment of D-Day landing, Santa Monica, Calif

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Title: Vintage World War II era fighter planes flying overhead during the reenactment of D-Day landing, Santa Monica, Calif
Creator: Tarzynski, Stephen
Date Created and/or Issued: 1994
Contributing Institution: Santa Monica Public Library
Collection: Santa Monica Image Archives
Rights Information: Images are for personal research, scholarly and educational purposes. Contact the Santa Monica Public Library Image Archives for information about the reproduction of images. The Library assumes no responsibility for the improper use of any image from the Archives.
Description: Kathleen Sheldon Collection;On June 1, 1994, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landing at Normandy, the French Consulate in Los Angeles organized a reenactment of the historic battle on the beach in Santa Monica. The event was supported by boats, ships, and vintage fighter planes. Veterans, re-enactors, active duty soldiers and Marines staged the landing as a crowd of a few thousand watched from the sand.
Santa Monica Public Library Image Archives;F421;Digital object 5139 img0031
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print: color
Identifier: F421
http://digital.smpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/smarchive/id/8225
Subject: Fighter planes--California--Santa Monica
Historical reenactments--California--Santa Monica
Provenance: Donated to the Library

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