D-Day Allied landings at Omaha beach in Normandy, France during World War II. United States soldiers and sailors loaded in a Landing Ship Tank ( LST) as they move towards the Omaha beach in Normandy, France. Soldiers smoke cigarettes aboard the LST. Soldiers doze off with their heads lowered over their knees. Various landing crafts underway in the channel off the French coast.
Allied invasion of Normandy, France on D-Day during World War II. Allied transport aircraft take off from England. The aircraft in formation flight as bombs are dropped. Bombs impact and billows of smoke rise up. The transport aircraft in formation flight as paratroopers jump. The paratrooper forces descend. An Allied Destroyer fires at a beach of Normandy France. An 8 inch gun fires at the beach. Allied troops transfer from a ship into an LCM ( Landing Craft Mechanized). Hospital medics in a landing craft. A cruiser fires at the coast. Allied soldiers disembark down a landing net into a landing craft. Troops aboard an LCM. A cruiser fires at the Normandy beach. An LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) loaded with troops underway towards the beach. A battleship fires at the beach. LCVPs near the beach. A heavy cruiser fires at the beach. Hits being made on the beach and explosions occur. The troops disembark into surf and wade through it to land at Normandy. An LCU ( Landing Craft Utility ) underway in the English Channel. An LCI ( Landing Craft Infantry) underway at sea. An officer hollers into a megaphone from the bridge of a ship. The LCU and the LCI underway at sea. Men on the open bridge of a ship.
Allied troops and war correspondents arriving at Utah Beach in Normandy, France not long after D-Day Invasion in World War 2. War correspondents Pete Carroll and Wes Hanes carry equipment across the beach. A ship grounded on the beach in the background. Allied troops, military vehicles and tanks on the beach. Bulldozers clear the road for the troops. Ships anchored and grounded at beach. Barrage balloons in the sky. Soldier drinks water. Military Police personnel dig trenches and fox holes behind a concrete wall. Banner reads: 'Green Beach HQ'. Troops and vehicles at the camp. German soldiers taken prisoner,with hands above their heads. Soldiers and war correspondents at their first Command Post in Normandy. Soldiers seated under a tree. One stands near a stream. U.S. General Joseph Collins talks to his officers. War correspondents including Larry LeSueur and Bob Landry eat and drink at the command post.
Wounded United States soldiers on shore lying on stretchers in Normandy, France, during World War 2. Team of Medics attend to them. Harbor crowded with Landing craft unloading Army trucks, DUKWs (amphibious vehicles), Sherman tanks, M4 high speed tractors with AA equipment, and other military vehicles. Several French civilians walking along with United States army soldiers up sand road from beachhead. U.S. Infantrymen wade from ship towards beach.
Lieutenant General Omar N Bradley and Secretary of State Cordell Hull visit 267th field hospital tent in Normandy, France. Soldiers stand outside the tents. Soldiers in vehicles on the street. Other soldiers stand on the street. Patients in the tent. A wounded soldier in the tent. A medic treats the patient. (World War II period).
Secretary of army Henry L Stimson and aides visits 1st army headquarters in Normandy, France. They get off from their jeep. They are greeted by General Omar N Bradley, Major General Clarence R Huebner, and Lt General Geo S Patton. Secretary and Generals enter a van. Later stand outside a conference tent.