World War II Photographs
German troops and laborers working under Hitler's orders are rounded up by two American soldiers, one of whom carries on despite an injury to his neck and jaw. The soldier in the center apparently is taking no chances as he holds his bayonetted rifle at the ready. France. 9 June 1944.
An American soldier makes out an identity tag for a young German prisoner of war as another wounded Nazi supplies some necessary information. They were captured on the beaches of France, and are awaiting shipment to England where they will be interned. Omaha Beach, France. 9 June 1944.
General Eisenhower gives the order of the day, "Full Victory -- Nothing Else", to paratroopers somewhere in England just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe. 6 June 1944.
German 88mm shell is exploding beside an LST during the early stages of the invasion off the coast of France.
The mayor of a liberated French town and his wife join American troops in paying their last respects to the American casualties who are buried in the first American cemetery on French soil.
Father John McGovern of Boston, Massachusetts, Chaplain, officiates at a mass held on a beachhead somewhere in France. 12 June 1944.
General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, stops to chat with a G.I. as he rides along a road while on a tour of inspection of the beachheads of France. 12 June 1944.
American Army and Navy chiefs pay their first visit to French soil to see the progress of the battles on the beachheads of France. In the group are General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Admiral Ernest King, U.S. Navy, and General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General U.S. Air Forces. 12 June 1944.
American Army and Navy chiefs pay their first visit to French soil to see the progress of the battles on the beachheads of France. In the group are General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Admiral Ernest King, U.S. Navy, and General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General U.S. Air Forces. 12 June 1944.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, left, chats with General Sir Alan Brooke, right, Chief of the Imperial General Staff on the bridge of a warship which is carrying them to General Sir Bernard Montgomery's temporary headquarters somewhere in France. 12 June 1944.
Destruction to Eglise Sur-Mer, rent by the German Army before they retreated under the surge of the advancing Allies. Utah Beach, France. 8 June 1944.
A G.I. of the 82nd Airborne Division helps a pretty French miss carry her belongings back to Eglise Sur-Mer, Utah Beach, France. The village was evacuated while a heavy fight took place for possession of the city. 8 June 1944.
An American Medical Officer, who landed with the 82nd Airborne Division in France, hands a lighted cigarette to another member of his organization who had a rather rough landing. St. Mere Eglise, France.
Allied Glider that crash-landed during the early stages of the invasion of France. 12 June 1944.
American soldiers who died in the crash-landing of their glider during the invasion. Near St. Marie du Mont, France.
American troops meet local belles in St. Marie du Mont, Utah Beach, France. These troops have just finished rounding up a group of German prisoners in the town. 7 June 1944.
U.S. Fifth Army troops establish a recreation beach in full view of the front, where the screening smoke is seen in the background. Live swing band plays for these bathers geting an earful of jive between swims. Fifth Army. Mondragone Beach area, Italy.
U.S. Fifth Army troops establish a recreation beach in full view of the front, where the screening smoke is seen in the background. G.I.'s run through the surf. Man on right will wait for warmer weather. Fifth Army. Mondragone Beach area, Italy.
A group of U.S. Army nurses, first to land after the vanguard of American troops had established a beach head somewhere in France, wash their mess kits on the site of their field hospital located between the beach and the fighting up front.
Chowtime: A group of U.S. Army nurses, first to land with the vanguard of American troops on Normandy beach heads, take time for dinner on the site of the field hospital located between the beach and the fighting up front.
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