a landing craft assault vessel (LCA) in Weymouth harbour, Dorset, 4th June 1944. The ship is bound for the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy. Clockwise, from far left: First Sergeant Sandy Martin, who was killed during the landing, Technician Fifth Grade Joseph Markovich, Corporal John Loshiavo and Private First Class Frank E. Lockwood. They are holding a 60mm mortar, a Bazooka, a Garand rifle and a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes.

A Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) is approaching Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6th June 1944. To the right is another LCVP. The soldiers are protecting their weapons with Pliofilm covers against the wetness. These U.S. Army infantry men are amongst the first to attack the German defenses, probably near Ruquet Saint Laurent sur Mer.

Digitally colorized imageof “Into the Jaws of Death”, a photograph by Robert F Sargent of the United States Army First Infantry Division disembarking from an LCVP (landing craft) onto Omaha Beach during the Normandy Landings on D Day during World War 2, June 6, 1944.

Operation Overlord - On a pebble beach at Omaha Beach U.S. soldiers deal with injuries. 6th June 1944. All these men are from the 5th or 6th Engineer Special Brigade (see the helmet with the white arc and Jump Boots). The Landing Craft Tank (LCT) 30 is part of Force O-2 attached to the 116th Infantry Division. Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.

6th June 1944: Allied troops exiting a landing craft in trucks on a beachhead during the D-Day landings in Normandy, France.

6th June 1944: US troops travel the