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Mehdiya Beach, Morocco - 1959
Images from Bob Harris

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I finally found the photos of the WWII landing craft on Mehdiya Beach near Port Lyautey Morocco. I guess
a storm at sea eroded the beach enough to uncover the craft. I was able to get almost a dozen photos
before the sand once again covered the craft. This was probably June 1959 could have been earlier, slides
are stamped June 59. Eire feeling to wake up semi-hung over look out and see all these images in the fog.
Wondering if we had been invaded, by the time I was able to scrounge a camera with film, many were
covered up.

I have not researched the invasion, and what group was involved. Have mentioned to some of the vets that
were in the North Africa campaign. They say the Navy let some of them go and they were around 50 miles
at sea. Many didn't know if the French and German post would resist or not. There is a castle near the
mouth of the Sebou river. That had signs of shelling said to have been associated with the landing. The
Sebou river causes a rip tide all along Mehdiya Beach many Americans have drown there as a result.

Betty Harris sitting near WWII landing craft
on Mehdiya Beach, Morocco
Betty Harris with wagon by WWII landing craft
on Mehdiya Beach, Morocco




Robert Harris helping Celia
Harris blow her nose on
Mehdiya Beach, Morocco
Robert Harris on WWII landing
craft on Mehdiya Beach,
Morocco
WWII landing craft on
Mehdiya Beach, Morocco




Robert Harris on WWII landing craft
on Mehdiya Beach, Morocco
WWII landing craft with bullet hole
on Mehdiya Beach, Morocco




WWII landing craft on Mehdiya Beach, Morocco




WWII landing craft on Mehdiya Beach, Morocco




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