Reporting America at War
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An Allied soldier comes ashore on Omaha Beach. Photo credit: Magnum Photos June 6, 1944:
D-Day. Photographer Robert Capa shoots the only pictures of U.S. soldiers coming ashore at Omaha Beach. His three rolls of film are rushed to London for processing, where an over-eager darkroom technician dries the negatives too fast, ruining all but 10 frames.

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