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US Army (USA) Rangers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) depart Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy (ITA) for Normandy, France (FRA) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion which began the Allied occupation of Europe in World War II. On the morning of June 6, 1944, 225 Rangers invaded Omaha Beach on the northwest coast of France. After two days of fighting only 90 Rangers could still bear arms

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Priscilla Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 352nd Special Operations Group's (SOG), 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), parachute, from a USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, into St Mere Eglise, Normandy, France (FRA), during the 60th Anniversary commemorating the D-Day invasion six decades ago

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (UK) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Publ More

World War II (WWII) vintage Willys Jeeps line the streets of St Mere Eglise, France (WWII). Veterans and spectators are in the Normandy region of France for ceremonies commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion on June 6, 1944

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Colleville Sur Mer State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Steven Czyz, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

William H. Tucker, a veteran from the 82d Airborne (ABN) during the D-Day Invasion signs his book, "Bill Tucker Parachuted Into History" for an admirer in St Mere Eglise, France (FRA). Veterans and spectators are in the Normandy region of France for ceremonies commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasions of June 6, 1944

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Saint Mere Eglise State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Steven Czyz, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft, 437th Airlift Wing (AW), Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), and 62nd AW, McChord AFB, Washington (WA), parked at Cherbourg, France (FRA), ready for a 16 aircraft paratroop drop for a ceremony marking the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day Normandy invasion during World War II (WWII)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cherbourg State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Wayne Clark, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Nick Seibel, Combat Controller (CCT), 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), Jumpmaster for the day, searches for the 'Iron Mike' drop zone (DZ) in preparation for a jump into St Mere Eglise, Normandy, France (FRA), during the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released t More

D-Day veteran US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) (Ret) Wayne Chase, 15th Troop Carrier Squadron (TCS), pauses to reflect at the grave of an unknown Soldier in Normandy American Cemetery OMAHA Beach. France (FRA), after a D-Day ceremony. This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion during World War II (WWII)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: American Cemetery, Omaha Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Wayne Clark, USAF Release Status: Released to P More

US Army (USA) Honor Guard members US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Monica Alvarado (left), Ammo Bearer, USA SPC Jarrod Ryan, Loader, and USA STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Lee Price (right), Gun Commander, 529th Military Police Company (MP CO), Heidelberg, Germany (DEU), fire a 105mm howitzer during practice for the 60th Anniversary D-Day ceremony at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France (FRA)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Omaha Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

Two U.S. Air Force C-130Js, assigned to the 37th Airlift

Two U.S. Air Force C-130Js, assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, flys over the terrain of Normandy to practice their manuauers in Northern France; June 3, 2015. This is the 71st Anniversary of the D-Day invas More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), take a morning run on Utah Beach exactly 60 years after the landings of D-Day in 1944. The 3-mile run is to honor all those who gave their lives during the Normandy Invasion

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Utah Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

Latin Cross marker of Brigadier General (BGEN) Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the eldest son of former US President Theodore Roosevelt, accompanied the first wave of troops landing at Utah Beach, France (FRA), on D-Day, June 6, 1944. More than 9,000 Americans killed in Normandy during World War II (WWII) were laid to rest in the American Cemetery in the village of Colleville-sur-Mer overlooking Omaha Beach. Among those buried are more than 300 unknown Soldiers

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Omaha Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Nick Seibel (left), Combat Controller (CCT), 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), Jumpmaster for the day, offloads jumpers from a USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, to the 'Iron Mike' drop zone (DZ) during a jump into St Mere Eglise, Normandy, France (FRA), during the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released t More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 352nd Special Operations Group's (SOG), 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), parachute into St Mere Eglise, Normandy, France (FRA), commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion six decades ago

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released t More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Cory Lovejoy, Charlie 1/27 Field Artillery (FA), Babenhausen Kaserne, Germany (DEU), presents World War II (WWII) veteran First Lieutenant (1LT) (Ret) Frank Hertzog, with an empty shell casing from a 75mm howitzer following the 21 gun salute during the US-sponsored ceremony at Utah Beach commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Utah Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 352nd Special Operations Group's (SOG), 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), prepare to parachute from a USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft into St Mere Eglise, Normandy, France (FRA), during the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: D-DAY 60TH ANNEVERSARY EVENT Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: A More

Historical re-enactors and living historians, portraying World War II era American Soldiers, depart a Landing Craft Utility (LCU 1680), assigned to Assault Craft Unit Two (ACU-2), recreating the amphibious Allied assault against German Army positions on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, during the 6th Annual D-Day Conneaut Public Historic Battle Re-Enactment held along the Lake Erie shoreline at Conneaut, Ohio (OH). These re-enactors are participating with other American, Canadian, and European re-enactors and living historians who are recreating and simulating Allied and Axis soldiers involved in Operation Overlord, the Allied D-Day invasion of Hitlers Festung Europa (Fortress Europe) on...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Historical re-enactors and living historians, portraying World War II era American Soldiers, depart a Landing Craft Utility (LCU More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 352nd Special Operations Group's (SOG), 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), parachute, from a USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, into St Mere Eglise, Normandy, France (FRA), during the 60th Anniversary commemorating the D-Day invasion six decades ago

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released t More

US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft, 437th Airlift Wing (AW), Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), and 62nd AW, McChord AFB, Washington (WA), parked at Cherbourg, France (FRA), ready for a 16 aircraft paratroop drop for a ceremony marking the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day Normandy invasion during World War II (WWII)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY Base: Cherbourg State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Wayne Clark, USA More

US Army (USA) Soldiers, 1ST Battalion (BN), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), re-enact the D-Day parachute drop near Amfreville, France (FRA), from a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft. This is part of a 16 aircraft paratroop drop during the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day Normandy invasion during World War II (WWII)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Amfreville State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Wayne Clark, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 352nd Special Operations Group's (SOG), 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), wait to parachute into St Mere Eglise, Normandy, France (FRA), during the 60th Anniversary commemorating the D-Day invasion six decades ago

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released t More

US Army (USA) Honor Guard members US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Monica Alvarado (left), Ammo Bearer, USA SPC Jarrod Ryan, Loader, and USA STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Lee Price (right), Gun Commander, 529th Military Police Company (MP CO), Heidelberg, Germany (DEU), fire a 105mm howitzer during practice for the 60th Anniversary D-Day ceremony at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France (FRA)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Omaha Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

The sun rises over the Omaha Beach section of Normandy, France (FRA), as it did exactly 60 years ago during the D-Day invasions of World War II (WWII)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Omaha Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Timothy Cook, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil More

D-Day veterans US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) (Ret) Wayne Chase and USAF First Lieutenant (1LT) (Ret) Robert Shantz, 15th Troop Carrier Squadron (TCS), show their respects during a wreath laying ceremony at Montebourg, France (RA). This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion during World War II (WWII)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Montebourg State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Wayne Clark, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit More

US Army (USA) Soldiers, 1ST Battalion (BN), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), check each anothers parachutes before loading onto four US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft as part of a 16 aircraft paratroop drop during the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day Normandy invasion during World War II (WWII)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cherbourg State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Wayne Clark, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, sits on the ramp of Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport, France, May 30, 2019. More than 100 Team Ramstein me More

A US Air Force (USAF) MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), flies along a portion of the coastline of the Normandy Province in France. During World War II (WW II) this area was designated OMAHA BEACH and it was one of five invasion beachheads used by Allied forces on D-Day

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Andrew E. Lynch, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig More

US Air Force (USAF) Command CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CCMST) Vickie C. Mauldin, US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), stands on the shoreline of Normandy, France at the area designates as Utah Beach during the World War Two (WWII) Allied invasion of France

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Utah Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Richard C. Smeeth, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

US Army (USA) MASTER Sergeants (MSG) Tim Watson (left) and Henry Sanchez, 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), Caserma Ederle, Italy (ITA), prepare to depart Aviano Air Base (AB), ITA, for Normandy, France (FRA), to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion which began the Allied occupation of Europe during World War II (WWII). On the morning of June 6, 1944, 225 Rangers invaded Omaha Beach on the northwest coast of France. After two days of fighting only 90 Rangers could still bear arms

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Priscilla Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil More

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Benjamin Dudley, Charlie 127 Field Artillery (FA), Babenhausen Kaserne, Germany (DEU), presents World War II (WWII) veteran USA Private (PVT) Robert Levine, 90th Division, K Company, 358th Infantry, with an empty shell casing from a 75mm Howitzer after the 21 gun salute during the US-sponsored ceremony at Utah Beach commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Utah Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), take a morning run on Utah Beach exactly 60 years after the landings of D-Day in 1944. The 3-mile run is to honor all those who gave their lives during the Normandy Invasion

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Utah Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

US Army (USA) Honor Guard members of the 529th Military Police Company (MP CO), Heidelberg, Germany (DEU), fire 105mm Howitzers during practice for the 60th Anniversary D-Day Ceremony at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France (FRA). American military members from across the US European Command (USEUCOM) are in the Normandy region of France as members of Joint Task Force (JTF) Normandy-60, supporting ceremonies commemorating the Allied D-Day Invasions of June 6, 1944

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Colleville Sur Mer State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Timothy Cook, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combi More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Maria Gunther, videographer with the 835th Communications Squadron (CS), Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU), interviews US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Brad Newnum, Battery Commander, 529th Military Police Company (MP CO), Heidelberg, DEU, prior to a practice ceremony for the 60th Anniversary D-Day ceremony at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France (FRA)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Omaha Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

A parade made up of US Army (USA) Airborne Rangers from Fort Bragg, North Carolina (NC), Civil Officials of Montebourg, France, and US Air Force (USAF) aircrews from Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), march to lay a wreath at a 15th century watch tower devastated by thirteen days of fighting during World War II (WWII). This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion during World War II (WWII)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Montebourg State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Wayne Clark, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit More

US Army (USA) Soldiers, 1ST Battalion (BN), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), relax before loading onto four US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft. They will be part of a 16 aircraft paratroop drop celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day Normandy invasion during World War II (WWII)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cherbourg State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Wayne Clark, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

US Army (USA) Soldiers, 1ST Battalion (BN), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), relax before loading onto four US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft. They will be part of a 16 aircraft paratroop drop celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day Normandy invasion during World War II (WWII)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cherbourg State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Wayne Clark, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules prepares to

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules prepares to drop U.S. Army Soldiers over the historic La Fiere drop zone near Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, June 7, 2015, to commemorate the 71st Anniversary of D- More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Gary Patterson, Airborne Instructor, 1ST Battalion (BN), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), on board a USAF C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft, checks for the drop zone (DZ) "Iron Mike" during the re-enactment of the D-Day parachute drop. This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion during World War II

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Amfreville State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Wayne Clark, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit More

A US Army (USA) Soldier salutes the flag near "Iron Mike," dedicated to the Airborne Soldiers the liberated the area, during the playing of the American National Anthem at a wreath laying ceremony held in front of the Iron Mike Monument in La Fiere, outside St Mere Eglise, France (FRA). The US military is in the Normandy region of France to participate in ceremonies commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasions of World War II (WWII)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Saint Mere Eglise State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Timothy Cook, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin More

Honor Guard members of the Military Police Company (MPC) in Heidelberg, Germany (DEU), fire a 105 mm Howitzer during practice for the 60th Anniversary D-Day Ceremony at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France (FRA). American military members from across the US European Command (USEUCOM) are in the Normandy region of France as members of Joint Task Force (JTF) Normandy-60, supporting ceremonies commemorating the Allied D-Day Invasions of June 6, 1944

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Colleville Sur Mer State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Steven Czyz, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

The sun rises over the American Military Cemetery at Colleville sur Mer, France (FRA), above the Omaha Beach section of Normandy, 60 years after the D-Day invasions of World War II (WWII)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Omaha Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Timothy Cook, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil More

[Coutances Bridge, Normandy - Before & After]

[Coutances Bridge, Normandy - Before & After] - [FRA-5650 and FRA-5651] Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Road to Normandy - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Original caption: Soldiers coming ashore on a pontoon causeway built by the SeaBees. This causeway was laid down at Omaha Beach during the Normandy Invasion. Publicity and Press Files

Photograph of Jeeps Being Driven into the Open Doors of a LCT in Preparation for the Normandy Invasion

Original caption: Jeeps being driven into the open doors of an LCT at a port in Britain in preparation for D-Day. Color Photographs of Signal Corps Activity

Photograph of Men and Equipment in Landing Craft Preparing for Normandy Invasion

Original caption: Men and equipment are massed together in landing craft in preparation for the big assault on the European continent. England. Color Photographs of Signal Corps Activity

Photograph of American Troops Descending into Barges in a British Port Town as they Prepare for the Normandy Invasion

Original caption: American troops at a British port descend into barges which will take them to troop ships from which they will launch the attack against Hitler’s Fortress Europe. Note Barrage balloons in the More

Photograph of American Troops Descending into Barges in a British Port Town as they Prepare for the Normandy Invasion

Original caption: American troops at a British port descend into barges which will take them to troop ships from which they will launch the attack against Hitler’s Fortress Europe. Color Photographs of Sign More

Photograph of American Troops on LCT Preparing for Normandy Invasion

Original caption: These American troops have loaded their equipment onto an LCT and are waiting the signal for the assault against the Continent. Color Photographs of Signal Corps Activity

Photograph of American Troops Marching through the Streets of a British Port Town on Their Way to the Docks in Preparation for the Normandy Invasion

Original caption: These American troops are marching through the streets of a British port town on their way to the docks where they will be loaded into landing craft for the big assault. Color Photographs of More

Photograph of Medics and Litter Bearers Going Up the Ramp of an LCT as the Prepare for the Normandy Invasion

Original caption: Medics and litter bearers going up the ramp of an LCT which will take them to France for the assault against Hitler’s Europe. Color Photographs of Signal Corps Activity

Photograph of American Troops on LCT Preparing for Normandy Invasion

Original caption: View of an LCT with American troops and equipment loaded aboard awaiting the signal for the assault against the continent. Color Photographs of Signal Corps Activity

Photograph of American Troops Loading into LSIs in Britain for the Normandy Invasion

Original caption: American troops load onto LSIs at a port in Britain where barrage balloons have been anchored for protection against strafing and low level bombings. Color Photographs of Signal Corps Activity

American Assault Troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, Injured While Storming Omaha Beach, Wait by the Chalk Cliffs for Evacuation to a Field Hospital for Further Medical Treatment, Collville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France

Photographs of American Military Activities Public domain photograph - United States military, propaganda free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Men and Assault Vehicles Storming the Beaches of Normandy

Original caption: Men and assault vehicles storm the beaches of Normandy as allied landing craft make a dent in Germany's West Wall on June 6, 1944. As wave after wave of landing craft unload their cargo, men More

Photograph of American Troops during Final Amphibious Maneuvers on the North African coast

Original caption: Invaders Hit the Shore in Invasion Maneuvers- American troops, carrying rifles and light fighting equipment, spring through the surf from Coast Guard-manned landing craft in final amphibious m More

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy]

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy] - [FRA-7172 through FRA-7177]

[Twentieth Anniversary of the Normandy Landings-June 6, 1964]

[Twentieth Anniversary of the Normandy Landings-June 6, 1964] - [FRA-8692 through FRA-8697]

[War Wrecks Litter Normandy Beach]

[War Wrecks Litter Normandy Beach] - [FRA-3061 through FRA-3063] Public domain photograph of post-war reconstruction of Europe, work of US government

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy]

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy] - [FRA-7172 through FRA-7177]

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy]

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy] - [FRA-7172 through FRA-7177]

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy]

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy] - [FRA-7172 through FRA-7177]

[Twentieth Anniversary of the Normandy Landings-June 6, 1964]

[Twentieth Anniversary of the Normandy Landings-June 6, 1964] - [FRA-8692 through FRA-8697]

[Twentieth Anniversary of the Normandy Landings-June 6, 1964]

[Twentieth Anniversary of the Normandy Landings-June 6, 1964] - [FRA-8692 through FRA-8697]

[Coutances Bridge, Normandy - Before & After]

[Coutances Bridge, Normandy - Before & After] - [FRA-5650 and FRA-5651] Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy]

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy] - [FRA-7172 through FRA-7177]

[War Wrecks Litter Normandy Beach]

[War Wrecks Litter Normandy Beach] - [FRA-3061 through FRA-3063] Public domain photograph of tank, military vehicle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy]

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy] - [FRA-7172 through FRA-7177]

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy]

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy] - [FRA-7172 through FRA-7177]

[Twentieth Anniversary of the Normandy Landings-June 6, 1964]

[Twentieth Anniversary of the Normandy Landings-June 6, 1964] - [FRA-8692 through FRA-8697]

[Twentieth Anniversary of the Normandy Landings-June 6, 1964]

[Twentieth Anniversary of the Normandy Landings-June 6, 1964] - [FRA-8692 through FRA-8697]

[War Wrecks Litter Normandy Beach]

[War Wrecks Litter Normandy Beach] - [FRA-3061 through FRA-3063] Public domain photograph of a tank, military armed vehicle, construction vehicle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy]

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy] - [FRA-7172 through FRA-7177]

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy]

[D-Day 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Normandy] - [FRA-7172 through FRA-7177]

Artwork: "Wreckage of a British Glider - Normandy" Artist: Schroeder-Brandstadt

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Two M-60A1 tanks from Company B, 4th Battalion, 37th Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, are stuck in a muddy cornfield near Normandy Loop during Exercise EAGLE STRIKE III

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EAGLE STRIKE III Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC More

Artwork: "Port En Bessin, Normandy" Artist: Dwight Shepler #152

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: "Port En Bessin, Normandy" Artist: Dwight C. Shepler #152

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: "Return to Normandy". Artist: James Elyea, US Air Force Art Collection

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: "An LST Grounded on Omaha Beach", Normandy, France, 1944, ink, 7-1/4" X 10". Artist: Manuel Bromberg. Catalog Number: D.4.234.46. US Army Art Collection

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, left, Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr., center, and Army CHIEF of STAFF GEN John A. Wickham Jr. pour sand from the beaches of Normandy, France, into a hole during an Arbor Day tree-planting ceremony outside the Pentagon. The tree is being dedicated to those who served in the D-Day invasion of Normandy nearly 40 years ago

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert D. Ward Release Status: Released to Public More

Senator Strom Thurmond, Republican-South Carolina, speaks at Arbor Day tree planting ceremonies at the Pentagon. Behind Thurmond are Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr. and Army CHIEF of STAFF General (GEN) John A. Wickham Jr. During the ceremony Thurmond, a D-Day veteran, praised the Soldiers who participated in the Normandy invasion. He also helped plant an oak tree at the lower Mall entrance to the building and poured cups of sand from the beaches of Normandy into the soil around the trees

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Jim Ramage, a veteran of the Normandy landing during World War II, is interviewed during his visit to the American cemetery at Omaha Beach on the 40th anniversary of D-day, the invasion of Europe

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Shipyard officials and US Navy personnel pose for a photo during the keel laying of the guided missile cruiser USS NORMANDY (CG 60)

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Civilians drive a World War II-era jeep through the streets of a town in Normandy during a week of events being held to mark the 45th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France

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A view of a portion of the Normandy American Cemetery. The cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach, one of the beaches used by Allied forces for the invasion of France during World War II

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A view of the Normandy American Cemetery. The cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach, one of the beaches used by Allied forces for the invasion of France during World War II

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Representatives of several Air Force wings that participated in the Allied invasion of France as U.S. Army, Air Force units hold their wings' colors during wreath-laying ceremony held at the Normandy American Ceremony on the 45th anniversary of the invasion

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Members of a joint services color guard stand at attention during a wreath-laying ceremony held at the Normandy American Ceremony on the 45th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France

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Representatives of the U.S. Army divisions that took part in the Allied invasion of France carry their units' colors into the amphitheater at the Normandy American Cemetery during an official wreath-laying ceremony held to mark the 45th anniversary of the Allied invasion

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GEN John A. Shaud, CHIEF Of STAFF, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe, speaks to the crowd assembled at the Normandy American Cemetery for an official wreath-laying ceremony held to mark the 45th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France

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Secretary of the Army John O. March Jr. speaks to the crowd assembled at the Normandy American Cemetery for an official wreath-laying ceremony marking the 45th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France

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Veterans, active-duty military officers and family members attend an official wreath-laying ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery on the 45th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France

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