United States artillery crew firing a M101 howitzer in Normandy after the D-Day landings in World War II. More howitzers firing from camouflaged positions. An artillery crew firing from a camouflaged area. Soldiers read a road sign to Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche and Carentan. They speak to civilian women. A soldier gives out candies to smiling French children. A DUKW drives past the soldier and children. A 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 on the road.
French civilians cheer the arrival of Allied infantry soldiers and armored vehicles in Normandy after the D-Day landings in World War II. French men and women waving to the soldiers and a boy flashed the “V” or “Victory sign”. Smiling French children waving to the soldiers. Soldiers and a 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 enter a village. Sign reads “Sainte-Mere-Eglise”. Civilians welcome troops on top of an M4 Sherman tank entering the commune. A Military Police directs traffic in Sainte-Mere-Eglise. French civilian men pushing wheelbarrows with supplies. A soldier speaks to locals. Civilians clapping at the Military Police. Faces of smiling French civilians.
A United States cruiser sailing the English Channel after the D-Day landings in World War II. United States Navy Admiral Harold R. Stark’s four-star flag. Admiral Stark looks through binoculars on board the ship. Admiral Alan Goodrich Kirk climbs down a sea ladder and is assisted aboard the USS Augusta by crew. Crewmen from the USS Augusta watch as officials board the ship. Allied ships in Normandy as seen from a DUKW. Admiral Stark with Admiral Kirk and Admiral John L. Hall Jr. on their way to Normandy beachhead. The three admirals tour the shore installations. An official talks to them. Soldiers wading through water ashore while carrying guns and supplies. Admiral Stark looks on as the official shows a part of the installation. Admiral Hall inspects a foxhole. Admiral Stark and an officer talk while standing on top of a Jeep. Soldiers carrying supplies in the foreground.
The Allied invasion fleet on a beachhead in Normandy as seen from a glider during the D-Day landings in World War II. A pilot talks through a radio. United States gliders on the ground are seen, some of the planes are partly demolished after landing.
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.
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