Mine sweeping training off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. United States Navy Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper underway in Atlantic off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. A mast of a sunken ship at sea. A U.S. Navy airship in flight.
Mine sweeping training off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. United States Navy Auxiliary Motor Minesweepers (YNS) underway in the Atlantic off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. Bow of YNS with men on deck. Equipment loaded onto YNS. Another YNS underway in the Atlantic Ocean.
Mine sweeping training off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. United States Navy Auxiliary Motor Minesweepers (YNS) underway in the Atlantic off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. Men pull up paravane, a mine cutting device pulled up along the side of YNS underway at sea. Men help in the pulling up of paravane. Paravane lowered along the side of the YNS as men look over the edge of the vessel.
United States Navy PT Boats underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. In one of the boats, a sailor in battle gear is seen at a twin 50 caliber machine gun. The boats generate a large wake as they move at high speed through the water. Other crew members are seen at their respective stations in the boat.
American troops preparing for the invasion of Europe during World War 2. United States Army soldiers on board an LST (Landing Ship Tank) docked in England, three days before D-Day. (Slate month is wrong.) Soldiers eat C rations on the deck of LST. They rinse their mess kits in hot water. Several soldiers assigned kitchen police duties wear helmets displaying "KP." Soldiers sit along gunwales of Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) number 88. (This craft is one of five that will land on Omaha Beach on D-Day, as part of Assault Group O-1, Commanded overall by Captain Fritzche, U.S. Coast Guard. The LCI(L) 88 belongs to Flotilla 10, and is commanded by Lt. Henry K. Rigg, USCGR)
United States soldiers and several Coast Guardsmen gather for a Catholic mass, on a pier at the port of Waymouth, England, three days prior to the invasion of France in World War 2. A Catholic Military Chaplain conducts the mass. Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) numbers 89 and 93 can be seen tied up at the dock in the background. A pet dog stands at the feet of the Chaplain, during the mass. The Chaplain administers the sacrament of Holy Communion (Eucharist) to waiting troops.
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