Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. A Free French man stands alongside a wrecked LCM on a beach in Normandy. A U.S. Army Sergeant walks guard on the beach. Debris in the background. A wrecked landing craft. A man examines a German 37 mm gun inside a bunker. A Task Force at the beach. A beach master looks through binoculars. A small slit trench with barbed wires around it. An underground bunker with barbed wires in front of it. Normandy beachhead. A U.S. Coast Guard and an army man walk along a road. The Task Force in the background. Two German prisoners inside a barbed wire enclosure. Two men look towards the Task Force. Sunken ships being used as a breakwater.
Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. A United States Coast Guards officer works on a map at a desk. He works with a compass and a scale. He takes measurements with the help of the compass.
Allied fleet at Normandy, France during World War II. A United States Coast Guards ( USCG ) ensign inspects ammunition in ready boxes. An officer climbs up a ladder aboard a ship. He salutes an USCG officer who hands over binoculars to him. The ensign salutes the Lieutenant Commander as he relieves him of the watch. An officer and an enlisted man signal with a blinker light.
Allied fleet at Normandy, France during World War II. A United States Coast Guards ( USCG ) officer looks through a porthole. A USCG ensign in the wheelhouse of an LCI ( Landing Craft Infantry). A helmsman in the background. The ensign looks through binoculars.
Allied fleet during the invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. A man works to wire brush rust spots. Four Coast Guardsmen scrub the deck of a ship as water is being sprayed from a pipe. Men use wipers to scrub the deck. The deck house in the background. A U.S. Coast Guard man reads comics aboard the ship. Another Coast Guard relaxes. A Coast Guard reads a magazine.
Amphibious assault training during World War II. A crewman operates the controls of a winch aboard USS Callaway (APA-35) in the Pacific off Camp Pendleton, California. Two MZ radio jeeps are lowered into a hold. A Higgins Boat, LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel ) number PA35-15 is seen leaving the ship loaded with U.S. Marines. Marines climb down landing nets over the side of the ship and board more Higgins boats. Boats number PA35-12 and PA35-11 are seen filled with Marines heading towards the beach.
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