American soldiers, hardened and ready, lounge under full fighting equipment on the deck of a Coast Guard assault transport in the fateful trip across the English Channel.

Omaha Beach Landing Craft Approaches

SC 189912-S - American assault troops of the 3rd Battery, 16th Inf. Regt., 1st U.S. Inf. Div., rest by the Chalk Cliff after storming Omaha Beach, near Collville-Sur-Mer, Normandy, France.

Army glider pilots, among the first to land in Normandy and disrupt enemy communications, are on their way back to England. They are shown being transported to a ship via LCVP. 9 June, 1944.

To the beaches of normandy

"Negro troops, moving over the Atlantic on a Coast Guard manned troop transport, sprawl on a hatch to `bat the breeze' and talk of home. They are on their way to the fighting lines in Europe."

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.

SC 190869 - British crew members of an LST have their first night of decent rest after having been brought to shore in smaller landing craft. Omaha Beach, France.

"Negro troops, moving over the Atlantic on a Coast Guard manned troop transport, sprawl on a hatch to `bat the breeze' and talk of home. They are on their way to the fighting lines in Europe.", ca. 1941 - ca. 1945