Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. The barrel of an open 5 inch 38 caliber mount. A man in a foul weather gear on a lookout in the foreground. A man works on a blinker light. A transport ship underway in the background. A boat crew readies an LCM ( Landing Craft Mechanized ). Gears of a winch in operation. A U.S. Coat Guard Lieutenant in a blue uniform and a garrison cap with two men on the deck of the ship. An anchor chain comes up. A hawsepipe as a stream of water goes down and washes the chain. Coast Guardsmen on the deck of a transport ship as they get ready to lower a gangway. Coast Guardsmen make a splice in a line.
Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. Interior of a troops compartment aboard a ship. Allied soldiers check rifles in the compartment. Two soldiers clean a water cooled 30 caliber browning machine gun. Two soldiers clean the firing mechanism of a machine gun placed on a tripod stand. A soldier cleans the barrel of a carbine. Men clean a machine gun.
Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. A battleship bombards a beach of France. Explosions occur in the background and billows of smoke rise upwards. USS Texas ( BB-35) fires salvos and explosions occur on the coast. An amphibious craft in the background. A Free French cruiser of the Glorie Class. An LCT ( Landing Craft Tank ) and an LCI ( Landing Craft Infantry ) underway at sea. The LCI in the foreground as barrage balloons fly overhead. LCTs and an LST ( Landing Ship Tanks ). A Task Force underway. A soldier looks from aboard a vessel in the foreground. A breakwater made up of sunken ships. A man stands on the deck of an LCI in a foul weather jacket and a watch cap. He looks over the horizon. Wounded men being put over into an LCM ( Landing Craft Mechanized). Three wounded men on stretchers. Men aboard the LCM with an American flag flying from it.
Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. A man picks up a shrapnel out of an ammunition ready box. He examines the piece of shrapnel and one of the holes made in the ready box by the shrapnel. A port hole in the conning tower of an Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) as a piece of shrapnel lies on it. An LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) tries to tow a British landing craft that has been turned upside down. A transport ship in the background. The breakwater at Normandy beach made up of sunken ships. Barrage balloons fly in the sky. A broken LCVP. Two LCTs ( Landing Craft Tank ) beached in the background.
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.
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