Omaha Beach

Final dress rehearsal for "D-Day" — World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations--American. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy. World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--American. Rehearsals--France--Normandy--1940-1950. Photographic prints--1940-1950. — 1944 April 25.

Taxis to hell - and back — United States.--Coast Guard--1940-1950. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy. World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations--France--Normandy. Soldiers--American--France--Normandy--1940-1950. Landing craft--American--France--Normandy--1940-1950. Gelatin silver prints--1940-1950. Photographic prints--1940-1950. — 1944.

[Cartoon showing D-Day invasion of France by British troops in a parody of the Bayeux Tapestry] — World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns & battles--France--Normandy. Drawings--1940-1950. Editorial cartoons--1940-1950. — [1944]

Omaha Beach near Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France — World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations--American--France--Colleville-sur-Mer. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy. Operation Neptune. Soldiers--American--France--Colleville-sur-Mer--1940-1950. Swimming--France--Colleville-sur-Mer--1940-1950. Photographic prints--1940-1950. — 1944 June 6.

[UPI newsmap of D-Day invasion, showing Utah and Omaha beaches] — World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy. Maps--1960-1970. Photographic prints--1960-1970. — 1964.

[Emergency housing construction in Saint-Lô, France, four years after D-Day, 1944] — World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns & battles--France--Normandy. Emergency housing--France--Saint-Lô--1940-1950. Photographic prints--1940-1950. — 1948 June.

[Bird's-eye view of landing craft, barrage balloons, and allied troops landing in Normandy, France on D-Day] — World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns & battles--France--Normandy. World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations--American--France--Normandy. Landing craft--American--France--Normandy--1940-1950. Gelatin silver prints--1940-1950. — 1944.

D-Day Rescue, Omaha Beach — World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns & battles--France--Normandy. World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--France--Normandy. Soldiers--American--France--Normandy--1940-1950. War casualties--France--Normandy--1940-1950. Gelatin silver prints--1940-1950. — [1944 June 7, printed 1994 or 1995]

A LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard -manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company A, 16th Infantry , 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) wading onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France) on the morning of June 6, 1944. American soldiers encountered the newly formed German 352nd Division when landing. During the initial landing two-thirds of Company E became casualties.

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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 NARA 531187

Landing ships putting cargo ashore on Omaha Beach at low tide during the early days of the Allied invasion, mid-June 1944. Among identifiable ships present are LST-532 (in the center of the view); USS LST-262 (3rd LST from right); USS LST-310 (2nd LST from right); USS LST-533 (partially visible at far right); and USS LST-524. Note barrage balloons overhead and U.S. Army "half-track" convoy forming up on the beach. The LST-262 was one of 10 Coast Guard-manned LSTs that participated in the invasion of Normandy, France.

American troops landing at Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944. The presence of tracked vehicles and DUKWs (“Ducks”) on the beach and the organized columns of men heading inland indicate that this photo was taken several hours after the initial infantry assault.

Easy Red Sector, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France — 6 June 1944, approximately 07:40. Soldiers of Company E, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division disembark from a Coast Guard-crewed LCVP during the D-Day landings. Photograph by Robert F. Sargent.

LCI 94, Omaha Beach, Normandy — A medical detachment from the 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division lands at Dog Red, Omaha Beach. This never-before-published image captures some of the chaos of the early morning landings on June 6, 1944.