U.S. troops in Cherbourg after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. soldiers march in a square. U.S. Army Major Generals Raymond Barton and Ira T. Wyche. U.S. officer and soldiers get off a tank.
U.S. troops in Cherbourg after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. German fortification with a white flag raised. USN (United States Navy) officers in a rubber boat search for mines. U.S. soldiers walk toward a damaged building in a dock area. Debris and damage on the dock. USN officers inspect German souvenirs. A man gives a semaphore signal.
U.S. Task Force in Colleville-sur-Mer after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. A beachhead at Omaha Beach. M5 high speed tractors tow howitzers from LSTs (Landing Ship Tank). U.S. soldiers on the beach.
U.S. soldiers in Normandy, France after the D-Day invasion during World War II. U.S. Army vehicles drive along a road in Normandy. U.S. soldiers search German prisoners. American tractors and vehicles drive past a stone wall in a village.
U.S. Airborne forces in World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft, painted in invasion stripes, take off as darkness falls, on June 5, 1944 (night before D-Day) and assemble in large formation headed toward France. Airborne troops seated inside cabin of a C-47. Some smoke cigarettes. One has "Rocky" stenciled on his helmet. One smokes a cigar. An officer stands in doorway of plane and then jumps, followed by his "stick" of troopers. View from ground of parachutes filling the sky overhead. Momentary view of troopers on the ground in Normandy. German troops, taken prisoners of war, marching in a town under guard, with their hands on their heads. Scene changes to post war training of U.S. Army airborne troops. They are seen practicing how to hit the ground. They practice use of static lines in wooden mockups of aircraft; and jump from towers, and engage in actual airborne exercises, at Fort Benning, Georgia. View of war materiel being airdropped from rear of an aircraft. Special parachutes being used to drop jeeps and artillery pieces.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Corps 8th Fighter Command in Europe during World War 2. Gun camera footage showing P-51s downing German aircraft. German pilot bailing out in one scene. Brief view of a P-51 in D-Day paint stripes.
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