World War II Photographs
In the intelligence trailers of a 9th Air Force P-47, pilots are interrogated on their return from France. Left to right: General Strickland, Interrogator; Captain John R. Murphy, Fargo, North Dakota; Captain Barry Jones, Elberton; Lieutenant Robert N. Fry, Erie, Pennsylvania, Interrogator; and Colonel A. W. Schofield, Houston, Texas, Interrogator. P Fighter Bomber Base in England. 7 June 1944.
Casualties, from the shores of France, arrive at a hospital base in England. 7 June 1944.
Half-tracks and a beached "Duck" move along the shore, as American assault troops land on Omaha Beach, in northern France. In the background is a line of troops moving onto the continent from the beachhead. The smoke is form Naval gunfire supporting the attack. 6 June 1944.
A Yank wounded in the first assault of Allied troops against German held beaches in France, is lifted into an Ambulance by men of a colored medical unit. England. 8 June 1944.
A group of American assault troops who stormed a beachhead and although wounded gained the comparative safety offered by the Chal-Cliff at their backs. Food and cigarettes were available to land comfort to the men. Normandy, France. 8 June 1944.
A group of American assault troops who stormed a beachhead and although wounded gained the comparative safety offered by the Chal-Cliff at their backs, after moving ashore through the surf, take a breather before moving onto the continent. Normandy, France. 8 June 1944.
This is not the "Road Back"! These Germans file through the barbed stockade of a prisoner of war camp somewhere in England. They were among the first captured during the initial assaults of Allied troops on German held beaches in France. England. 8 June 1944.
An American medic makes a casualty report on a wounded soldier on a beachhead somewhere in northern France. Normandy, France 8 June 1944.
American medics administer blood Plasma to a wounded American on a beachhead gained by assualt troops on the northern coast of France. Normandy France. 8 June 1944.
An American medical officer (Captain) treats a wounded German prisoner on a beachhead gained by American troops in the early stages of the invasion of France. Normandy, France. 8 June 1944.
American paratroopers having landed successfully in northern France, move cautiously into a small village, taking cover and concealment from trees and buildings. France. June 1944.
French children, too, were ready for the arrival of American paratroopers in their villages. Here two such children receive American chewing gum from paratrooper. Invasion of France. 8 June 1944.
American paratroopers, among the first to make successful landings on the continent, hold a Nazi flag captured in village assault. Invasion of France. 8 June 1944.
American paratroopers mass in a French village surrounding a captured German tank. From here they will move on into the continent, accomplishing their assigned objectives. Invasion of France. 8 June 1944.
American assault troops of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, carrying full equipment including a machine gun, move along a cliff on Omaha Beach, Collville-Sur-Mer, at Normandy, France. Vast quantities of equipment, brought ashore from landing craft, lay at the base of the cliff. 6 June 1944.
An American soldier who has gained the comparative soldier offered by the chalk cliff at his back, after storming ashore from a landing craft, takes a "breather" before moving onto the continent. Normandy, France. 8 June 1944.
American assault troops who failed in their attempt to storm across a narrow strip of beach on the northern coast of France to the comparative safety of a chalk cliff a few hundred feet from the surf. France. 8 June 1944.
A medic of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, moves along a narrow strip on Omaha Beach administering first aid to men wounded in the landing. The men, having gained the comparative safety offered by the chalk cliff at their backs, take a breather before moving into the interior of the continent. Collville, Sur-Mer, Normandy, France. 6 June 1944.
A French civilian gives information to two American paratroopers who made successful landings "somewhere in France". 8 June 1944.
French civilians give directions to American paratroopers who made successful landings in northern France. 8 June 1944.
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