Consolidation on the Utah Beach after the D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II. An entrance to a causeway is formed by chaining old liberty ships end-to-end and scuttling them in shallow water. Starboard half of breakwater. A CG (Coast Guard) man in the foreground. Troops march on the causeway after leaving LCMs (Landing Crafts, Mechanized). A barrage balloon in the sky.
Unloading of supplies during the consolidation on the Utah Beach after the D-Day invasion of Normandy. A British LCT (Landing Craft Tank) is stranded. APA's (Attack Transport ship) command boat leave the causeway. Rhino barges loaded from an LST (Landing Ship, Tank). Loaded DUKW (six-wheel-drive amphibious truck) in the water. USS Bayfield (APA-33) and two hospital ships in the water. The bow and the navigation bridge of USS Bayfield. (World War II period).
U.S. troops advancing into Sainte-Mere-Eglise after landing at Normandy during World War II. Signboard reads 'Sainte-Mere-Eglise'. French civilians greet U.S. soldiers driving tanks into the town. Jeeps parked on a street. Deserted streets in the town. U.S. soldier stands with French policeman and talks with a French civilian. French civilians with U.S. troops on roadside.
Landing of the Free French 2nd Armored Division in Utah Beach, Normandy during World War 2. Armored vehicles rolling on Utah Beach. French soldiers on top of an M3 half-track with an attached cart. An M5 half-track moves across the beach followed by a Willys MB military jeep. Various tanks such as the M4 Sherman tanks and M5 light tanks operated by the 10th Alpine Chasseurs (chasseurs alpins) of the French Army come out of a Landing Ship, Tank (LST).
The landing of the Free French 2nd Armored Division troops on Utah Beach, Normandy during World War 2. Major General Jacques Philippe Leclerc walks on the beach with Free French troops. Major General Leclerc meets his United States Army counterpart, Major General Walton H. Walker. Soldiers surround Major Generals Leclerc and Walker. Major General Leclerc speaking with Major General Walker. Close view of Major General Walker speaking to General Leclerc and other soldiers on Utah Beach. General Leclerc and General Walker climbs aboard a Dodge WC51 command car, which then drives away.
M4 Sherman tanks exit LST during the landing of the Free French 2nd Armored Division troops on Utah Beach, Normandy (World War 2). A Free French soldier peering from an M4 Sherman tank hatch waving. Two soldiers on top of an M4 Sherman tank. Three soldiers, two of them waving at the camera, on top of an M4 Sherman tank. The French flag is seen on the tank. M4 Sherman tanks in line on Utah Beach. A soldier jumps from an M4 Sherman tank, picks up sand from Utah Beach. The smiling French soldier holds sand from the beach. M4 Sherman tanks drive on the beach from the landing craft. Soldiers wave on top of M4 Sherman tanks (“TARDENDIS”). A soldier smiling on top of a moving M4 Sherman tank, passing by a barrage balloon in the sky. An M$ Sherman tank (“ESTEREL”) driving. An M5 light tank drives out of a landing craft.
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