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And perhaps the best-known amphibious assault was the Normandy invasion of German-occupied France — depicted in "Saving Private Ryan" and other films — when U.S. troops stormed Omaha Beach. Since then, such landings have become far more rare, though amphibious assaults were conducted during Operation Desert Storm and the recent Iraq War. ................
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