Road graders and bulldozers leveling a new airstrip in Normandy after the D-Day landings in World War II. Rolls of Marston Mat steel planking in the foreground. A Piper L-4 plane lands and takes off from the new strip. A United States soldier radio operator working with a colleague.
United States Army Jeeps and motorcycle moving along dirt road in Normandy after the D-Day landings in World War II. Infantry troops proceed along on foot as seen from a moving Jeep. Vehicles cross a pontoon bridge. Some soldiers rest on the side of a narrow road. A soldier inspects an upturned, wrecked German tank near Carentan, France. Infantry soldiers march as they enter Carentan.
Wrecked and burning buildings in Carentan, France after the D-Day landings in World War II. French civilian men pump water to extinguish the flames. A French fireman blows his whistle. Firefighters extinguish fire with jets of water in front of the burning building. A man looks at the remains of a burned house. Smoke rises from the rubble of the destroyed house. Civilian man sweeps the sidewalk. Soldiers sit on Jeep beside the Carentan Great War Memorial (8 Pl. de la République, 50500 Carentan-les-Marais, France). United States and French flags adorn the Carentan Great War Memorial. A woman pushes a stroller with a young girl. The girl holds a flower. A French woman looking up beside a man and child as they both stand in the front door. United States soldiers and French firemen exchange their hats with each other. A soldier seated in Jeep receives wine from a French child. The soldier drinks the bottle.
A soldier salutes at King George VI riding a DUKW on his visit to Normandy, France after the D-Day landings in World War II. The king leaves the DUKW where he is greeted by British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery. Montgomery takes King George VI on a tour of the beach head. Montgomery accompanies the king to award British soldiers in Normandy. King George VI presents medals to soldiers of the 21st Army Group headquarters formation. The soldiers salute to King George VI as he presents their medals. The troops raise their hats in honor of the king. King George VI and Montgomery inspects the 21st Army Group standing at attention. King George VI and Montgomery board a car and then a DUKW.
Intense bombing over Le Havre, France after Allied landings on D-Day in World War II. Allied Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers in flight. Aerial view of Le Havre being bombed at night. Bombs exploding over the city with fires being visible from the air. Some flak and tracer fire are visible at night.
Two United States 101st Airborne Division infantry soldiers exchange French currency with each other in RAF Greenham Common, England during World War II. The soldier turns over one of the bills and stretches it. An officer inspects troops of the 101st Airborne Division. He adjusts some of their uniforms. The soldiers stand at attention.
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