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US landing ships at Weymouth, Dorset ready to board troops for the Normandy Invasion, May-June 1944. Photo 1 of 3.US soldiers disembarking from an LCI(L) landing craft during amphibious invasion training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, mid-1944US 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 groundNormandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 1 of 4
US landing ships at Weymouth, Dorset ready to board troops for the Normandy Invasion, May-June 1944. Photo 1 of 3.US soldiers disembarking from an LCI(L) landing craft during amphibious invasion training in England, United Kingdom in preparation for Operation Overlord, mid-1944US 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 groundNormandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 1 of 4
Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 2 of 4Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 3 of 4Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 4 of 4Normandy beach defenses, France, 7 May 1944
Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 2 of 4Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 3 of 4Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 4 of 4Normandy beach defenses, France, 7 May 1944
Aerial photo of the gun battery at Merville, Normandy, France after bombardment, circa May 1944; note the bombing failed to neutralize the battery before Normandy landingsTroops of 325th Glider Infantry of US 82nd Airborne Division in a Horsa glider, training or preparing for Normandy, France invasion, England, United Kingdom, May-Jun 1944UK Royal Air Force Stirling bombers, acting as glider tugs, lining at the runway at Tarrant Rushton, England, United Kingdom, May-Jun 1944; note invasion stripsRoyal Navy Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Naval commander of the Normandy operations, and US Navy Rear Admiral John L. Hall, Jr., commander of amphibious operations, aboard AGC-4 USS Ancon, 25 May 1944, the day King George VI visited the ship
Aerial photo of the gun battery at Merville, Normandy, France after bombardment, circa May 1944; note the bombing failed to neutralize the battery before Normandy landingsTroops of 325th Glider Infantry of US 82nd Airborne Division in a Horsa glider, training or preparing for Normandy, France invasion, England, United Kingdom, May-Jun 1944UK Royal Air Force Stirling bombers, acting as glider tugs, lining at the runway at Tarrant Rushton, England, United Kingdom, May-Jun 1944; note invasion stripsRoyal Navy Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Naval commander of the Normandy operations, and US Navy Rear Admiral John L. Hall, Jr., commander of amphibious operations, aboard AGC-4 USS Ancon, 25 May 1944, the day King George VI visited the ship
US Navy Rear Admiral Alan G Kirk introducing his staff to King George VI of the United Kingdom, Portland, England, 25 May 1944. Admiral Kirk was in command of all US Naval forces for the Normandy landings.Horsa gliders line up in preparation for invasion, England, United Kingdom, May-Jun 1944Members of the British Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) at an RAF glider station repair and pack colored parachutes for use by airborne troops during the Normandy invasion, 31 May 1944.A Jeep being lowered into an LCM from Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13 – former SS President Roosevelt), manned by USCG personnel off Normandy, June 1944. Photo 1 of 2
US Navy Rear Admiral Alan G Kirk introducing his staff to King George VI of the United Kingdom, Portland, England, 25 May 1944. Admiral Kirk was in command of all US Naval forces for the Normandy landings.Horsa gliders line up in preparation for invasion, England, United Kingdom, May-Jun 1944Members of the British Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) at an RAF glider station repair and pack colored parachutes for use by airborne troops during the Normandy invasion, 31 May 1944.A Jeep being lowered into an LCM from Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13 – former SS President Roosevelt), manned by USCG personnel off Normandy, June 1944. Photo 1 of 2
A Jeep being lowered into an LCM from Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13 – former SS President Roosevelt), manned by USCG personnel off Normandy, June 1944. Photo 2 of 2A Jeep full of US 101st Airborne paratroopers at a Normandy check-point, Jun 1944. Note Horsa gliders in the background and a box of full M1 Garand ammunition clips in the immediate foreground behind the MP’s leg.A mobile crane lifted a crate in an English port, during the preparation for the Normandy invasion, circa late May or early Jun 1944A US Army half-track antiaircraft machine gun vehicle backed into the well deck of a US Navy LCT in preparation for the Normandy invasion, late May or early Jun 1944. Photo 1 of 2
A Jeep being lowered into an LCM from Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13 – former SS President Roosevelt), manned by USCG personnel off Normandy, June 1944. Photo 2 of 2A Jeep full of US 101st Airborne paratroopers at a Normandy check-point, Jun 1944. Note Horsa gliders in the background and a box of full M1 Garand ammunition clips in the immediate foreground behind the MP’s leg.A mobile crane lifted a crate in an English port, during the preparation for the Normandy invasion, circa late May or early Jun 1944A US Army half-track antiaircraft machine gun vehicle backed into the well deck of a US Navy LCT in preparation for the Normandy invasion, late May or early Jun 1944. Photo 1 of 2

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