64 years ago today...

[Duffil]

Ladies and Gentleman, D-Day. Just a thank you to all who serve. 

[Rocksurfer]

 

[kneedownnate]

   

[Wermz84]

[Toymin8r]

 

[red]

[fordh8r]

 

[79coyotefrg]

Into the Jaws of Death - U.S. Troops wading through water and Nazi gunfire (June 6, 1944).



A Coast Guard manned LST approaches the Normandy coast on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. Note small radar antenna on the LST's bridge, signalman using a blinker lamp, U.S. star markings on some truck covers, and the folded bicycle stowed atop the vehicle in the lower right. (June 6, 1944).



Landing ships (with USS LST-73 in the foreground), carrying troops of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, move toward the north coast of France on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. They are protected against low-flying enemy aircraft by gas-filled balloons. (June 6, 1944).



Convoy of attack transports (APA) and LSTs anchored off shore in preparation for the invasion of France. Photograph filed 10 June 1944. (June 1944)

[79coyotefrg]

Troops and crewmen aboard a Coast Guard manned LCVP as it approaches a Normandy beach on "D-Day." (June 6, 1944).




Coast Guard manned USS LST-21 unloads British Army tanks and trucks onto a "Rhino" barge during the early hours of the invasion, 6 June 1944. Note the nickname "Virgin" on the "Sherman" tank at left. (June 6, 1944).



Scene on "Omaha" Beach on the afternoon of "D-Day", 6 June 1944, showing casualties on the beach, a bogged-down "Sherman" tank, several wrecked trucks and German anti-landing obstructions. A LST is beached in the left distance and invasion shipping is off shore. (June 6, 1944).

[79coyotefrg]

U.S. Soldiers of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, move out over the seawall on "Utah" Beach, after coming ashore. Other troops are resting behind the concrete wall. (June 6, 1944).



U.S. Army troops administer first aid to the survivors of sunken landing craft, on "D-Day." USS LCT-29 is in the background. Note M1 rifles carried by some of these Soldiers. (June 6, 1944).

[79coyotefrg]

Wounded men of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, receive cigarettes and food after they had stormed "Omaha" beach on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. (June 6, 1944).


American wounded during the invasion of France (June 9, 1944).



LCM landing craft, evacuating casualties from the invasion beaches, brings them to a transport for treatment, on "D-Day." (June 6, 1944).

[79coyotefrg]

more pics http://www.historylink101.com/wwII_b-w/d-day/fort1/index.html

[mudguts]

One of the old timers we work with asked some of the apprentices what and if there was any significance to the date June 6 none of them new any 

[BLACKDOG]

One of the old timers we work with asked some of the apprentices what and if there was any significance to the date June 6 none of them new any 

  Thats a damn shame!