United States soldiers at a base camp in England, prior to the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France during World War II. Soldiers line outside a shower unit. They take off their clothes for shower at an enclosed area. A soldier dries himself with a towel after the shower.
United States soldiers at a base camp in England, prior to D-Day invasion in Normandy, France during World War II. Immense smoke rises off a bombed oil supply depot. British soldiers use chemical foam apparatus to fight fire at the oil depot. Flames come out of a building on fire.
United States medic speaks to an officer as an injured soldier also listens to them in England. A convoy of military trucks passes by a road as tanks remain parked by the roadside.
Heap of shoes, bedding and helmets at a dock in England as soldier packs them. Helmet filled with ammunition. Invasion convoy of military trucks moves away. Soldiers on deck of a ship. Wounded soldiers from invasion operation (D-Day) being unloaded at an English dock. (World War II period).
U.S. soldiers prepare in England for the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. Soldiers of U.S. 1st Infantry Division and U.S. 5th Engineers Specialist Brigade perform calisthenics aboard a ship.
U.S. soldiers of 1st Infantry Division and U.S. 5th Engineers Specialist Brigade prepare in England for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Soldiers load demolition charges into an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). They perform calisthenics aboard a ship. A soldier loads rockets into a multiple rocket launcher. The soldiers arrange an ammunition belt in a multiple barrel air-cooled machine gun.