A Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) seen beached, sideways, on the shore at near the E-1 Draw of Omaha Beach, during resupply operations following the Normandy invasion in World War 2. A bluff rises close to shore in the background, leaving a narrow shoreline and narrow path (draw) through the bluffs. Camera shows Landing Ship Tank (LST), number 281, near the shore with troops on her deck. U.S. troops are seen walking along the shoreline past wreckage of landing craft and their cargoes. Two Amphibious vehicles (DukWs) move from the shore into the water, past the beached hulk of LCI number 434. They appear to be headed toward LST 281, which is shown again.
Soldiers loaded in a Rhino Barge head towards the Omaha Beach in France for the preparations of D-Day invasion in Normandy during World War II. A soldier observes other ships using a binocular. German casualties on a stretcher taken from a Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP). LCT, LCI and LCM loaded with soldiers head for the beach.
Amphibious vehicles and warships head towards the Omaha Beach in France for the preparations of D-Day invasion in Normandy during World War II. A rocket ship fires a rocket towards the base. Convoy of amphibious vehicles AP, LCI, LCT, LCVP and rhino barge head towards the beach. Barrage balloons in the sky.
Troops on the beachheads during the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. Allied fleet of ships firing artillery at German positions on the coast of Normandy. Waves crash at rocky cliffs as United States soldiers assemble on Omaha Beach. United States soldiers use shovels to dig in on against cliff face. An injured soldier lies down on the trench while watching another soldier dig. Soldiers assembling TNT explosive charges and detonating cord.
U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft painted in D-Day stripes, seen taking off at nightfall on June 5, 1944, carrying Airborne troopers from a base in England, during World War 2. Large formations of U.S. B-17 bombers en route to targets in Europe. Clusters of indendiary bombs falling from a U.S. bomber. View from a bomber of explosions on the ground from bombing at a coastline. Allied paratroopers fill the sky with their parachutes as they jump from formations of C-47 transport aircraft. Thirty minutes before the amphibious assaults at Normandy, Allied warships bombard the shore with heavy naval guns. Troops leave their transport ships and board small landing craft (Higgins boats). Soldiers try to stabilize the rope nets for others climbing down, as their small craft pitch in choppy seas. The boats speed away from their transport ships, and head toward the shore. Smoke rising from the shore where naval shelling has caused explosions and fire. Troops from landing craft of the USS, Samuel Chase (APA-26), wade ashore under enemy machine gun fire, at "Fox Green" section of Omaha Beach. They are far away from the beach itself, because of steel and concrete obstacles placed by the Germans, and relatively low tide.
Amphibious vehicles and warships head towards the Omaha Beach in France for the preparations of D-Day invasion in Normandy during World War II. Jeeps loaded with war material offload from a Landing Craft Vehicle (LCV). Soldiers look as the jeeps drive off the ramp of LCV. Other warfare materials loaded on the LCV unloaded by soldiers.
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