U.S. troops in a beach area following the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. A bivouac area shows damaged building and troops. Barrage balloons in the sky. Soldiers eat rations.
U.S. troops in a beach area for the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. A trooper stands in the foreground. Barrage balloons in the sky. A bulldozer tows vehicles from an LCT.
U.S. troops in a beach area for the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. A wounded man drinks water aboard a landing craft with many wounded men lying in the background. DUKWs (six-wheel-drive amphibious truck) loaded with U.S. troops on the beach. A rhino barge loaded with trucks and vehicles passes. Old ships sunk in water act as breakwater.
Several U.S. soldiers set up defenses inland from a Normandy invasion beachhead during World War 2. One, in a sand-bagged position, loads cartridges into a bandolier. Closeup of two others in a sand-bagged communications center containing radios; light and other signalling equipment. The soldier loading rounds into a bandolier is seen again. A group of soldiers appear relaxed as they converse. View of the beach, where landing craft are beached and caterpillar tractors move about. A Rhino Ferry (barge) containing many trucks, sits in the water, close to shore. Two soldiers in a DUKW amphibious vehicle move along the beach.
A moment of comedy during the Invasion of Normandy. A soldier directs traffic at an intersection while a G.I. bothers him to light his cigarette. The lighter doesn't work, and the G.I. throws it on the ground. A truck drives past them. The soldier approaches a woman for a light instead. Sign on a building reads, 'Penchurch S'
Allied naval guns firing at the French coast during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, during World War 2. Troops clamber down rope net, from their transport ship, into landing craft, headed toward Omaha beach. Rockets being fired from landing craft, LCT(R)s,above other landing craft. U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 and B-24 bombers dropping bombs on enemy targets. Allied warships firing heavy guns on inland targets. U.S. troops landing on Omaha beach, making their way through shore obstacles and suffering under heavy German gunfire that rakes the beach. Several American soldiers seen falling to German gunfire. Allied boats and rafts adrift and men being rescued by comrades. Medics assisting wounded.
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