A United States ship at the coast in Normandy, France soon after the D-Day Invasion of Normandy by the Allies. Barrage balloons seen above, in distance. Wounded soldiers on the deck of the ship. Dead soldiers being loaded on to a boat alongside.. High waves strike at the coast as a number of ships remain anchored at the harbor. Troops disembark from a landing barge. Wrecked and rusting jeep in foreground. A pile of spent cartridges in bottom of boat. Formation of Bombers flies overhead. Troops onboard a troop ship participate in a Roman Catholic Mass led by a Chaplain in ecclesiastic attire. (World War II period).
Formation of B-26 bombers overhead. Landing craft move toward shore. Normandy, France. Clutter of ships and vehicles. Barrage balloons overhead. Beach landing scene with United States Army Troops wading ashore past German obstacles on beach. Troops board landing barge. Wading ashore. Off-loading ammunition and supplies from truck. MPs direct traffic ashore. (World War II period)
Sailors on U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Normandy, France, after the D-Day invasion. Sailors on Navy ship fire antiaircraft guns. Troops transfer from ship to landing crafts, including LCI(L)-84 and LCI(L)-94. DUKW amphibious vehicle loaded with troops on land. Barrage Balloon on ground. U.S. Army soldiers standing atop a concrete gun battery bunker that had been used by German forces. (World War II period).
A number of ships are seen as barrage balloons fly over them in Normandy, France. Sailors of United States aboard a ship. High waves break at the pier. A container being lifted with a hook attached to a crane. Sailors fire a ship's deck gun. (World War II period).
U.S. Army soldiers climb down rope ladder to board a landing ship in Normandy, France. Troops move towards the coast in a packed LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel). Injured soldiers lie on their stretchers on the deck of a ship. Injured soldiers being moved and medical personnel work on them. Two soldiers on stretchers being pulled up in a sling on hoist. (World War II period).
Barrage balloon on top of landing ship. Normandy, France. Cargo being unloaded from a ship. Military ambulance and truck being unloaded from a ship. Landing Ship and a Tank arrives at the beach.