Views from Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) 88 of convoy of Landing Craft departing Weymouth, England, for the invasion of France, in World War 2. The American flag in brisk breeze on stern of LCI(L) 88. Convoy proceeding in columns. At least one barrage balloon seen faintly in background. A British Battleship lays by, in the background, as the convoy passes.
Large Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) docked in Weymouth, England, the day before D-Day, in World War 2. Seen are LCI(L)s numbered: 493, 495, and 491, part of Flotilla 10, operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. Small boat traffic in the channel includes Landing crafts Vehicle, Personnel (LCVPs) and other boats.
U.S. army troops board LCVPs (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) at pier in Weymouth, England, to be ferried out to transport ships anchored offshore, in preparation for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, during World War 2. Several large Landing Craft Infantry are seen tied up at the docks, including LCI(L) numbers 84 and 49. Views of Higgins Boats (LCVPs) heading out. Markings on one identify it as belonging to the Attack Transport ship USS Charles Carroll (APA-28). The Higgins Boats come alongside the USS Charles Carroll and troops of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division board her.
U.S. army preparations in Weymouth, England a day prior to D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Tanks move up. MP (Military Police) directs traffic. Tanks advance.
U.S. army preparations in Weymouth, England a day prior to D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. soldiers tie rolled camouflaged nets to tanks.
U.S. army preparations in Weymouth, England a day prior to D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Two U.S. officers confer with representative of U.S. Transportation Corps. Convoy of 2 ½ ton cargo trucks move up on road. U.S. troops march up road past camouflaged tanks.
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