Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States paratroopers from different professions with camouflage make up on their faces they prepare to leave England for the invasion of Normandy. The paratroopers being briefed before the take off. They put on their combat gear. U.S. General of the 9th Air Force Brereton shakes hands with the paratroopers. The paratroopers board an aircraft and take off. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft take off from different airfields in England to bombard Normandy, France. Aircraft in flight. A gunner aboard an airborne aircraft. Bombs being released. The bombs explode causing a pillar of smoke to rise up. German coastal defenses being bombed.
Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. Two United States Coast Guard men aboard an LCI ( Landing Craft Infantry). A British battleship of the Warspite class underway at sea. A British transport ship underway. A British Coast Guard, with a Red Cross on his steel helmet, smokes a cigarette aboard a vessel. A destroyer of Livermore class underway at sea. An LST ( Landing Ship Tank) with a barge pushed up to the loading ramp. A Landing Craft Infantry loaded with soldiers at sea. A signal man mans a 24 inch signal light on the signal bridge of a vessel. He unlocks the pivot of the 24 inch signal light.
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.
United States soldiers aboard a Liberty ship underway in the Pacific Ocean towards the end of World War II. A soldier relaxes while others are seated around him aboard the ship. A soldier writes a letter. Soldiers seated in bunk beds. A soldier seated on the edge of the ship as he smokes a cigarette. A ship in the background. The soldiers play a card game and relax on the deck of the ship.
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