During D-Day Invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. troops land on a beach. They carry a wounded on a litter. The soldiers of 3rd Battalion land on a very small parallel beach. They are trapped against a chalk embankment on which were Nazi German machines and guns. The soldiers dig foxholes on the open beach. The soldiers are seated in a group on the beach. Landing crafts near the shore. U.S. soldiers in a landing craft. A group of soldiers advance across the beachhead. Two of them are hit by enemy fire and fall. A U.S. medic gives first aid to the wounded.
Allied troops during the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, France in World War II. A United States Army medic gives first aid to wounded soldiers. Three Nazi German prisoners are captured by U.S. 3rd Battalion and U.S. 16th Regiment troops. Blood plasma given to the wounded. Soldiers huddle together on a small beach. The three Nazi prisoners are seated separately. The soldiers dig a foxhole in the foreground. One soldier in the foxhole in the background. The soldiers prepare dynamite fuses.
Invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. A U.S. Landing Craft Tank (LCT-592) on Utah beach with its ramp open. Jeeps aboard the LCT. U.S. soldiers bring metal over to use as ramps. The soldiers try to start a jeep. They lay mats so that vehicles can come off the ramp on the beach.
Invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. The main deck of a transport ship. Rigging in the foreground. Crew falling in for inspection on the deck. Coast Guard (CG) crew and U.S. soldiers fall in for inspection. A deck house in the background. A Division Officer looks over his division. A Coast Guard Captain walks between CGs who are standing according to their ranks and inspects crew. Coast Guardsmen as they open ranks and the officer inspects. Coast Guard officers falling and join inspection party. Two ranks of Coast Guard enlisted men as they open ranks and salute. The captain inspects the ranks. The captain and an executive officer walk down the deck and duck under the rigging. The Captain approaches and inspects the Coast Guard ranks. Coast Guard Ranks.
Lead up to invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. Navy sailors en route. A man shuffles and deals a deck of cards. A man in dungarees and a white hat leans against a locker and talks. A man with a rosary around his neck plays cards A man in a shirt and a white hat also plays cards. A man laughs while playing the cards. Another man laughing in the background.
Invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. A task force, two patrol frigates and a Landing Craft Infantry at anchor. A heavy cruiser of Baltimore Class underway. The heavy cruiser is bombarding. Smoke rises from it. A Landing Ship Tank being anchored in the background. The deck of a ship in the foreground. A U.S. Navy personnel on the deck of the ship. He looks around and walks off. Another personnel wearing a helmet walks on the deck. He stands near a covered gun on the deck and looks on. The Landing Ship Tank and a landing craft in the background.