Pre-invasion activities of United States Army Rangers in Weymouth, England during World War 2. The rangers walk past an American Red Cross tent, adjacent to Greenhill Gardens, Weymouth, where they receive coffee and doughnuts before sailing. A sign at the tent reads: "From the folks back home through the American Red Cross." A U.S. guard and a British guard patrol Weymouth Seafront, beside a gun emplacement on the esplanade in front of the Jubilee Clock Tower. An insignia on the ramp of Landing Ship Tank 357 (LST-357) reads '357' and shows a stork carrying a baby with the words 'We Deliver'. The ramp is raised.
Pre invasion activities of United States Rangers in Weymouth, England just prior to the Normandy invasion. A Landing Craft Assault (LCA) is suspended on davits from the deck of the British Landing Ship, Infantry (LSI), HMS Prince Baudouin, and lowered to the deck level where U.S. soldiers board the craft. U.S. Rangers board LCAs at a pier. A Landing Craft Infantry in the background. HMS Prince Baudouin anchored at sea. LCAs alongside the ship. (World War II period).
Pre invasion activities of the United States Army Rangers in Weymouth, England. Officers of the United States Army Rangers eat in a Royal Navy galley. A group of soldiers plays cards on a transport deck. A British Landing Craft Assault (LCA) tied up at a pier. Several LCAs from the Landing Ship, Infantry (LSI) HMS Prince Charles move out towards a bay in the background. An LCA filled with troops. (World War II period).
Naval activities in the English Channel during World War II. U.S. soldiers carry dead on litters along a dock area. Ambulances in the foreground. The bodies of the dead on a warship. The dead and wounded are carried ashore. Legs of a dead soldier visible in an ambulance. The soldiers near the ambulances.
Naval activities in the English Channel during World War II. Ambulances in a dock area. A warship carrying soldiers arrives at the shore. U.S. soldiers load the wounded soldiers into the ambulances. The soldiers carry dead on litters.
Naval activities in the English Channel during World War II. U.S. soldiers carry injured soldiers on stretchers. The injured lying on the stretchers in a dock area. A soldier stands near an ambulance. The injured are carried into ambulances. The ambulances are driven away. A soldier near an injured lying on a stretcher.
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