U.S. troop transport underway in English Channel shortly before D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. soldiers board troop transport in English Channel by climbing landing nets.
U.S. troop transport underway in English Channel shortly before D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. flag flies from a ship. Gun positions on transport. Life preserver on ship. K rations are transferred on transport by cargo nets where they are stacked by U.S. sailors. U.S. soldier on deck of transport reads from a book.
Signs on a board at beachhead in France. "Water point", "Collection and clearing station" indicated by the signs. United States military policemen directs vehicular traffic on the beach. Heavy traffic on the beachhead. United States soldiers carrying full field packs walk on the field.
U.S. Navy Corpsmen tend wounded soldiers aboard a LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) at a beachhead on Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. War causalities on stretchers hoisted aboard a Landing Ship Transport (LST) with use of a crane.
Operations of U.S. Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of the 9th Air Force, 323rd Bombardment Group from Denain Airfield (A-83) in France, at very end of World War II in Europe. View from interior of Base Operations building shows B-26s taking off from runway. Six B-26s in formation. Four B-26s in formation. The aircraft all display the distinctive white tail of the 323rd BG.
Second D-Day anniversary after World War II celebrated in Washington DC. General Dwight D. Eisenhower seated at a desk addresses the nation on the second D-Day anniversary. He recalls how American soldiers fought on the D-Day against all odds. He also remembers those soldiers who fell on the D Day. “Young men who have not yet done their share must now come forward to help bear the burden. May the memory of what the American fighting man accomplished renew in us a firm resolve to see the job through. We, whose strength did so much to win the shooting war cannot afford to grow laggard now.” Eisenhower said.
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