Army Spc. Matthew Bissen shows Command Sgt. Maj. Larry
Army Spc. Matthew Bissen shows Command Sgt. Maj. Larry Zimmerman, South Dakota National Guard State command sergeant major, some of the 809th Engineering Company's route clearance vehicles during Zimmerman's vi... More
Capt. Jon Butler, battalion chaplain for the 725th
Capt. Jon Butler, battalion chaplain for the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, delivers a sermon on the intricacies of marriage dur... More
Saddled in camouflage, LT. GEN. Shelton, United States Army, prepare t...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OVERLORD '94 Base: Alconburg Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Russ Pollanen Release ... More
U.S. Soldiers disembark a landing craft at Normandy,
U.S. Soldiers disembark a landing craft at Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. By the end of the day, some 150,000 Allied troops had landed on five Normandy beaches and three airborne drop zones. The invasion marke... More
A line of C-130s taxi back in after a practice run for Operation Overl...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OVERLORD '94 Base: Alconburg Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Russ Pollanen Release ... More
A far away view of the 82nd airborne troops, Fort Bragg, North Carolin...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OVERLORD '94 Base: Alconburg Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Russ Pollanen Release ... More
The 82nd Airborne troops, Fort Bragg, North Carolina prepare their par...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OVERLORD Base: Alconburg Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT Russ Pollanen Release Statu... More
Army Spc. Matthew Bissen shows Command Sgt. Maj. Larry
Army Spc. Matthew Bissen shows Command Sgt. Maj. Larry Zimmerman, South Dakota National Guard state command sergeant major, some of the 809th Engineering Company's route clearance vehicles during Zimmerman's vi... More
In the foreground TECH. SGT. Robert Mick, 37th Air Lift Squadron, Load...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OVERLORD '94 Base: Alconburg Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Russ Pollanen Release ... More
A C-130 is being loaded with equipment and personal belongings of the ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OVERLORD '94 Base: Alconburg Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Russ Pollanen Release ... More
Historical re-enactors and living historians, portraying World War II ...
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
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division descend toward the Iron Mike Drop Zone outside of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 8 after exiting from a U.S. Air Force C-130.
Three Squadrons are pictured in the background flying over the Normand...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OVERLORD '94 Base: Alconburg Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Russ Pollanen Release ... More
Lt. Col. Clint Baker, commanding officer of the 1st
Lt. Col. Clint Baker, commanding officer of the 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, moves forward to lay a wreath during a ceremo... More
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division share a laugh with a veteran member of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, who jumped into Normandy on D-Day, prior t... More
A World War II veteran who was present during D-Day
A World War II veteran who was present during D-Day operations 70 years ago is assisted to her seat during a ceremony June 5 in Picauville, France, to commemorate the Troop Carriers of the 9th Air Force. Paratr... More
Junior high school students put on a play for the citizens
Junior high school students put on a play for the citizens of Montebourg, France, and members of Task Force Normandy 70 June 5 at a banquet dinner following a ceremony which commemorated the town’s liberation b... More
Robert Wright Jr., son of famed 501st Parachute Infantry
Robert Wright Jr., son of famed 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment medic Robert Wright Sr., gives a brief speech about his father during a June 7 ceremony in Angoville-au-Plain, France. The ceremony was held to ... More
Capt. Jon Butler, chaplain, reads from his prepared
Capt. Jon Butler, chaplain, reads from his prepared notes as he delivers a sermon on the intricacies of marriage during a vow renewal ceremony June 6 at the chapel in Ste. Mere-Eglise, France.
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, provide the color guard for a June 7 ceremony in Angoville-au-Plain, France. The ceremony was held in honor of the life... More
Army Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Dvorak shows Brig. Gen.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Dvorak shows Brig. Gen. Tim E. Orr, adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard some of the 809th Engineering Company's route clearance vehicles during Orr's visit to Kandahar. The ... More
Blood-stained church pews still bear witness to the
Blood-stained church pews still bear witness to the carnage that took place in and around Angoville-au-Plain, France, from June 6-8, 1944. Medics Robert Wright Sr. and Kenneth Moore of the 501st Parachute Infan... More
U.S. Navy SEALs reenact D-Day beach clearing on Utah Beach.
190607-N-HT014-1785 Sainte-Marie Du Mont, France (June 7, 2019) U.S. Navy SEALs assigned to Naval Special Warfare Unit 2, collect debris after a reenactment of the D-day beach clearing at Utah Beach in period d... More
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division stand in formation alongside members of the 4th Infantry Division, 82nd Airborne Division, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat... More
A World War II veteran who flew with the Troop Carriers
A World War II veteran who flew with the Troop Carriers (C-47) during the war laughs with those around him following the conclusion of ceremony honoring the 9th Air Force in Picauville, France, June 5. Members ... More
Navy SEAL collects debris after D-Day beach clearing reenactment.
190607-N-HT014-1781 Sainte-Marie Du Mont, France (June 7, 2019) A U.S. Navy SEAL assigned to Naval Special Warfare Unit 2, collects debris after a reenactment of the D-day beach clearing at Utah Beach in period... More
Paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130 onto the Iron Mike Drop Zone outside of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 8. Of the 14 a... More
A stained glass window in the Angoville-au-Plain, France
A stained glass window in the Angoville-au-Plain, France church, given to the village by an anonymous donor, honors the heroic deeds of 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment medics Robert Wright Sr. and Kenneth Moo... More
Army Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Dvorak shows Brig. Gen.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Dvorak shows Brig. Gen. Tim E. Orr, adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard, some of the 809th Engineering Company's route clearance vehicles during Orr's visit to Kandahar. The... More
D-Day Frogmen and Allied Invasion Forces Honored.
190607-N-HT014-1784 Sainte-Marie Du Mont, France (June 7, 2019) A stele dedicated to the sacrifice made by Naval Combat Demolition Unit Frogmen and Allied Invasion Forces is presented with a wreath in Sainte-Ma... More
Paratroopers of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Paratroopers of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division (left), stand in formation as they watch over a ceremony that took place June 5 in Montebourg, France, which commemorated ... More
Town elders lead a formation of Paratroopers, Soldiers
Town elders lead a formation of Paratroopers, Soldiers and Sailors on parade down the main street of Montebourg, France, June 5, following the conclusion of a ceremony to commemorate the town’s liberation by th... More
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) enjoy themselves at a banquet dinner June 5 at the local high scho... More
Paratroopers of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Paratroopers of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division converse prior to the start of a D-Day ceremony in Picauville, France, June 5, while the local church commands the horizon... More
A paratrooper with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat
A paratrooper with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, talks with an 82nd Airborne Division veteran who jumped into Normandy 70 years ago following the conclusion of a cerem... More
Command Sgt. Maj. Cameron Dinger, senior enlisted adviser
Command Sgt. Maj. Cameron Dinger, senior enlisted adviser for the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, participates in sustained airborne training June 7 on the soccer field in Sainte-Mere-E... More
In this undated photograph provided by Bobby Feuillyoke,
In this undated photograph provided by Bobby Feuillyoke, who was a 13-year-old boy on June 6, 1944 living in Vierville, France, Robert Wright Sr. is pictured standing on the very spot where he landed after para... More
A World War II veteran who was present during the D-Day
A World War II veteran who was present during the D-Day landings 70 years ago is assisted to his seat during a ceremony June 5 in Picauville, France, to commemorate the Troop Carriers of the 9th Air Force. Para... More
A Soldier with the 4th Infantry Division color guard
A Soldier with the 4th Infantry Division color guard stands at attention during a ceremony June 5 in Montebourg, France, to commemorate the town’s liberation by the 4th Infantry Division in June 1944. Members o... More
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division enjoy themselves at a banquet dinner June 5 at the local high school in Montebourg, France along with members of the Ger... More
A model C-47 Dakota aircraft looms over the newly unveiled
A model C-47 Dakota aircraft looms over the newly unveiled 9th Air Force memorial in Picauville, France, June 5. The memorial was dedicated during a ceremony in which Paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade ... More
Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (left), a member
Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (left), a member of the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), listens as Capt. Jon Butler, battalion chaplain for the 725th BSB, delivers a sermon on the intricacies of ... More
Sgt. 1st Class Garret Brunton (center), a member of
Sgt. 1st Class Garret Brunton (center), a member of HQ, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, and Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (right), a member of the 725th Brigade Support... More
Sgt. 1st Class Garret Brunton (right), HQ, 4th Infantry
Sgt. 1st Class Garret Brunton (right), HQ, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, recites his wedding vows to his wife, Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (left), a member of the 7... More
A young French boy wears a period World War II uniform
A young French boy wears a period World War II uniform during a ceremony June 5 in Montebourg, France, to commemorate the town’s liberation by the 4th Infantry Division in June 1944. A weeklong celebration, the... More
Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (left), a member
Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (left), a member of the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne) and Sgt. 1st Class Garret Brunton (right), a member of HQ, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th... More
Lt. Col. Clint Baker (right), commanding officer of
Lt. Col. Clint Baker (right), commanding officer of 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment and the former commander of 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, stands with other members of the... More
Two U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft conduct a treetop
Two U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft conduct a treetop flyover June 7 in Angoville-au-Plain, France, during a ceremony held to commemorate the actions of 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment medics Robert Wright Sr. ... More
Chaplain (Capt.) Jon Butler, battalion chaplain for
Chaplain (Capt.) Jon Butler, battalion chaplain for the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), leads those in attendance at the June 5 ceremony in Picauville, France, in a brief prayer to kick off the even... More
Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (right), a member
Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (right), a member of the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, recites her wedding vows to her husba... More
Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (left), a member
Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (left), a member of the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), and Sgt. 1st Class Garret Brunton (right), a member of HQ, 4th... More
Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (left), a member
Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (left), a member of the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), and Sgt. 1st Class Garret Brunton (right), a member of HQ, 4th... More
A paratrooper with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat
A paratrooper with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, stands in formation alongside members of the 4th Infantry Division, 82nd Airborne Division, 173rd Airborne Brigade, th... More
A C-130 flies over the Memorial cemetery during a practice of Operatio...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OVERLORD '94 Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More
A jumpmaster with the German Fallschirmjägers conducts
A jumpmaster with the German Fallschirmjägers conducts jumpmaster pre-inspection on a paratrooper from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division June 8 at the airport in Cherbourg,... More
A member of the Liberty Jump Team descends onto Picauville,
A member of the Liberty Jump Team descends onto Picauville, France, June 5, with a tandem jumper prior to the start of a ceremony while the C-47 Dakota they jumped from remains on station. Paratroopers of the 4... More
An U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules conducts a treetop
An U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules conducts a treetop flyover June 5 during a ceremony commemorating the Troop Carrier squadrons of the 9th Air Force in Picauville, France. Paratroopers of the 4th Infantry Brigad... More
Sgt. 1st Class Garret Brunton (left), HQ, 4th Infantry
Sgt. 1st Class Garret Brunton (left), HQ, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, recites his wedding vows to his wife, Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (right), a member of the 7... More
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division provided a color guard and troop formation for the June 7 ceremony in Angoville-au-Plain. The ceremony commemorated the ... More
Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (left), a member
Sgt. 1st Class Sesireehana Brunton (left), a member of the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), and Sgt. 1st Class Garret Brunton (right), a member of HQ, 4th... More
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division stand in formation alongside members of the 4th Infantry Division, 82nd Airborne Division, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat... More
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division stand in formation alongside members of the 4th Infantry Division, 82nd Airborne Division, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat... More
Brig. Gen. J.T. Thomson, the 4th Infantry Division
Brig. Gen. J.T. Thomson, the 4th Infantry Division deputy commanding general for support, looks on as citizens of the town of Montebourg, France, execute a ceremony June 5 to commemorate their town’s liberation... More