Chronology of World War II
Wednesday, May 24
Landing Craft During Invasion Exercises
A fleet of Landing Craft Assault passing a landing ship during exercises prior to the invasion of Normandy. King George VI (not visible) is taking the salute on board the headquarters ship HMS
Bulolo
at Beaulieu Roads. The numbers of several of the LCAs are visible, they are
LCA-654, LCA-1254, LCA-926, LCA-1025, LCA-1009, LCA-920, LCA-602, LCA-656, LCA-921
, and
LCA-1043