U.S. troops board a ship off the coast of Normandy, France during the D-Day landings of World War II. Soldiers exit an LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) and climb up the gangway of the ship. LCVPs come alongside the ship for unloading. The troops embark on the ship. The troops in full combat gear on the deck of the ship.
U.S. landing crafts hit a beach for the invasion of France during World War II. U.S. troops climb up a cargo net out of an LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). Landing crafts pull up alongside the gangway of a ship. A DE (Destroyer Escort) underway. A Task Force underway. Barrage balloons in the background. Transports underway. Personnel aboard a transport. Landing crafts loaded with U.S. troops head for the beach. A British LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway.
View from U.S. Army vehicle traveling along road approaching Bayeux, France, during World War 2. Some residential buildings at the outskirts. An imposing chateau, with "Lion Noir" written on one wing. A fountain (not running) in the lawn. Numerous Allied soldiers walking on streets of downtown Bayeux. No evidence of war damage.
U.S. soldiers in Colleville-sur-Mer after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. An old French woman stands on a road and gives flowers to passing U.S. soldiers. She throws some on passing vehicles. A young girl gives roses to two soldiers. They put them in the buttonholes of their shirts.
U.S. troops in Colleville-sur-Mer after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Two U.S. soldiers walk with two French men. French civilians wave to U.S. Army vehicles driving past on the streets. A Frenchman hands out bottles of wine to U.S. soldiers. LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) on Omaha Beach. A barrage balloon overhead. A jeep and another vehicle roll off an LST. Equipment on the beach.
A U.S. cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer France after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. American soldiers receive communion at a beach. American Honor Guard doing a 3-volley rifle salute for a burial ceremony. A U.S. soldier, a U.S. sailor and a British soldier open tinned rations and eat. A bugler sounds a call. U.S. soldiers assembled for the burial ceremony. The soldiers with their heads bowed. A chaplain speaks. A Catholic priest, Reverend Father William Dempsey, of New York City, prays at an altar set up on a jeep hood. French civilians with flowers at the ceremony, including the Mayor of Colleville, Mr. Poidevin.
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