A Roman Catholic chaplain conducts funeral service for the dead in Normandy after the D-Day landings in World War II. Soldiers bowing their heads in prayer. A chaplain preaches on top of a Jeep. A soldier sits behind a piano beside the Jeep. The Catholic chaplain bows in front of the makeshift altar in the Jeep’s hood. Grave markers on the cemetery for fallen United States soldiers. The chaplain gives holy communion to soldiers. A man lays down a wreath. Soldiers fire a gun salute to the fallen while others hold the United States flag. A soldier plays a bugle while troops stand at attention.
A United States cruiser sailing the English Channel after the D-Day landings in World War II. United States Navy Admiral Harold R. Stark’s four-star flag. Admiral Stark looks through binoculars on board the ship. Admiral Alan Goodrich Kirk climbs down a sea ladder and is assisted aboard the USS Augusta by crew. Crewmen from the USS Augusta watch as officials board the ship. Allied ships in Normandy as seen from a DUKW. Admiral Stark with Admiral Kirk and Admiral John L. Hall Jr. on their way to Normandy beachhead. The three admirals tour the shore installations. An official talks to them. Soldiers wading through water ashore while carrying guns and supplies. Admiral Stark looks on as the official shows a part of the installation. Admiral Hall inspects a foxhole. Admiral Stark and an officer talk while standing on top of a Jeep. Soldiers carrying supplies in the foreground.
Wrecked and burning buildings in Carentan, France after the D-Day landings in World War II. French civilian men pump water to extinguish the flames. A French fireman blows his whistle. Firefighters extinguish fire with jets of water in front of the burning building. A man looks at the remains of a burned house. Smoke rises from the rubble of the destroyed house. Civilian man sweeps the sidewalk. Soldiers sit on Jeep beside the Carentan Great War Memorial (8 Pl. de la République, 50500 Carentan-les-Marais, France). United States and French flags adorn the Carentan Great War Memorial. A woman pushes a stroller with a young girl. The girl holds a flower. A French woman looking up beside a man and child as they both stand in the front door. United States soldiers and French firemen exchange their hats with each other. A soldier seated in Jeep receives wine from a French child. The soldier drinks the bottle.
A United States flag on a uniform sleeve. United States Army gliders in airfield in Holland during World War II. A group of gliders enter a holding pattern before approaching and landing. A glider lands, tilts up on its nose and falls back.
United States soldiers walk with smiling Dutch women in the Zaan district, North Holland, Netherlands during World War II. Dutch civilians welcome the arrival of United States soldiers in Zaan. Women and children in the crowd cheering. Soldiers shake hands with civilians.
A statue of an elk looking towards the Criminal Courts and Jail in Basin Street (presently 219 Loyola Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, United States), New Orleans. A large United States flag in front of the Tulane University in New Orleans. A streetcar drives past the New Orleans Post Office and Courthouse (presently the John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals Building). Streetcars, automobiles, and busy pedestrian traffic on Canal Street.
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