US Navy personnel in a Northern France port during the invasion of Europe. A personnel hands over a pitcher of water to another personnel seated in a life raft. Sailor on life raft pours the water into a tank. LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) with 20mm single mount gun in foreground. View of two LCIs in the port. Five sailors chip rust off the deck of one LCI. A navy personnel paints on the deck of a LCI. Two LCIs underway off shore.
A port in Northern France during the invasion of Europe. A 20mm gun in foreground. Three LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry) underway. 20mm gun crew members manning gun aboard a US Navy ship. US flag on board. A crew member opens ready-box and takes out 20mm magazine. Three LCIs in nest. A LCT (Landing Craft Tank) runs aground. Hillocks in the background.
A Coast Guardsman, serving as sky lookout looks through binoculars in a Northern France port during the invasion of Europe. Landing Crafts Infantry (LCI) and Landing Crafts Tank (LCT) anchored in the background. Clear Skies with barrage balloons in flight. LCIs and LCTs tied up in the port. US Navy personnel on deck of a LCI. Two personnel uncoil the craft's lines. Another personnel files the cutting edge of a pair of bolt cutters.
US Navy personnel on the bridge of a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) in a port of Northern France during the invasion of Europe. A personnel paints the campaign bars and stars on conning tower of the LCI. Deck house of LCI in the background. Two men manning a 20mm anti-aircraft gun on the bow of a LCI. Three LCIs tied up in nest. Two Coast Guard officers scanning the sky with binoculars.
The Allied amphibious task force advances during the invasion of Europe. Explosions as a United States Navy Destroyer bombards the beach. Part of amphibious force heads toward the beach. Two large columns of smoke rise from the beach. A shell explodes at the water's edge, water splashed all around. Landing Crafts (LC) bombard the beach. A Landing Vehicle Tank (LVT) in the background. Fire and smoke due to bombardments on the beach. Two LVTs head for the beach. Subchasers (SC) head for the beach. Big explosion on the beach, hills in the background. Amphibious craft heads towards the beach. Fire burning on the beach.
Allied soldiers at the rail of a Landing Ship Tank (LST). LST-831 with bow up on beach and soldiers aboard. Bow section of a LST with bow doors open. DUKW amphibious trucks off-loaded. Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) heads in toward the beach. The task force in the water. LVT loaded with marines.