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| US Army soldiers boarding landing craft at Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, while preparing for the Normandy operation, 1 May 1944; note barrage balloons aloft and on the ground | British landing craft, US Army troops, and US Coast Guard LCI(L)s staged at Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom prior to the Normandy invasion, June 1944. | United States Coast Guard Captains Edward Fritzche (left) and Miles Imlay (right) examining a relief map of Omaha Beach laid out in the hold of the Attack Transport USS Samuel Chase, Jun 1944. |
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