D-day Normandy Invasion

Source Documents

Record	Title	Source Website	Type	Created
United States 101st Airborne takes down Nazi flag		Forces War Records	Image	Nov 19, 2008
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normandy.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 18, 2008
DDEisenhowerDday.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 18, 2008
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1944 - D-Day Statement - Page 1	US, American Milestone Documents, 1776-1964	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 6, 2007
Three Men Of The 834Th Engineer Aviation Battalion Look Over Landing Operations At Normandy Beach, France. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
Landings On The Normandy Coast Of France On D-Day, 6 June 1944. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
General View Of Normandy Beach, France After The D-Day Invasion. Note The Numerous Bomb Craters Along The Battle-Scarred Beach. 22 June 1944. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
Just A Few Miles Behind The Front Lines In Normandy, France, Men Of The 9Th Air Force Aviation Engineers Constructed Emergency Landing Strips With "Hessian Mat" Used For Surfacing. After The Selected Site For The Airstrip Is Graded And Leveled, The Mat, - Page 3	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
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The Waters Along Normandy Beach, France Are Flocked With Shipping As Reinforcments And Supplies Are Funneled Ashore During The Invasion Of France On 22 June 1944. Balloon Barrages Float Overhead To Protect The Ships From Low Flying Enemy Strafers. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
This Peaceful Scene Is Part Of The Invasion Fleet Lying Off The Coast Of Southern France A Few Hours After The Initial Landings Were Made. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
Wreckage Of A Republic P-47, Which Crashed During The D-Day Invasion, Lies On The Battle-Scarred Beach Of Normandy, France. 22 June 1944. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
BEACHHEAD LANDINGS-Men and assault vehicles storm the beaches of Normandy as allied landing craft make a dent in Germany's west wall on 6 June 1944. As wave after wave of landing craft unload their cargo, men move forward and vehicles surge - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
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Quickly And Efficiently Members Of The 351St Fighter Squadron, 353Rd Fighter Group Load Their Necessary Equipment Onto Trucks And Jeeps Which Will Transfer Them To Their Planes On The Field All Ready To Participate In The D-Day Invasion On 6 June 1944. E - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
As thousands of Allied naval craft ferried to and from the beachhead in Northern France, a Martin B-26 Marauder of the U.S. Army 9th AF took this picture while enroute to bomb railway yards at Avranches, France. - Page 2	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
Smoke screen laid to protect landing of allied troops on French Beachhead. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
BEACHHEAD LANDINGS. Men and assault vehicles storm the beaches of Normandy as Allied Landing craft make a dent in Germany's West Wall on 6 June 44. As wave after wave of landing craft unload their cargo, men move forward and vehicles surge - Page 2	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
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FRANCE-BEACHHEAD LANDINGS-Men and assault vehicles storm the beaches of Normandy as Allied landing craft make a dent in Germany's West Wall on 6 June 1944. As wave after wave of landing craft unload their cargo, men move forward - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
Obstacles In The Invasion....This Photo, Made At Low Tide On The Invasion Coast At Grandcamp-Les-Bains, France, Shows German Teller Mines Affixed To Posts And Planted Several Hundred Feet From The Beach. At High Tide, These Are Covered With Water And Cau - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
Activities Of The 4Th Combat Camera Unit In France. June 1944. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
Landing Operations Of The 834Th Engineer Aviation Battalion At Normandy Beach, France. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
Aerial View Of Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, Taken 6 June 1944, Showing Landing Of Two Infantry Regiments (18Th And 115Th), Vehicles, And Landing Craft. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
Men And Assault Vehicles Storm The Beaches Of Normandy As Allied Landing Craft Make A Dent In Germany'S West Wall On 6 June 44. As Wave After Wave Of Landing Craft Unload Their Cargo, Men Move Forward And Vehicles Surge Up The Roads. 3Rd Bomb Division, - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
AS SUPPLIES POUR ASHORE for THE INVASION OF FRANCE. Photo made by a U.S. Coast Guard combat photographer from a hillside cut with the trenches of the ousted Nazi. The waters are flocked with shipping as reinforcements and supplies - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
Avoiding The Great Craters Left By Bombs Of The 8Th Aaf, Landing Craft Nose Into The Shore Somewhere Along The Beachhead On The Coast Of Nazi Held France. Army Vehicles Dotting The Shore Shown In This 8Th Air Force Reconnaissance Photo. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
France - Equipment On Beach Which Has Just Been Unloaded From Landing Barges On Beach. 6 June 1944. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
Men And Assault Vehicles Storm The Beaches Of Normandy As Allied Landing Craft Make A Dent In Germany'S West Wall On 6 June 44. As Wave After Wave Of Landing Craft Unload Their Cargo, Men Move Forward And Vehicles Surge Up The Roads. 3Rd Bomb Division, - Page 3	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
Men And Assault Vehicles Storm The Beaches Of Normandy As Allied Landing Craft Make A Dent In Germany'S West Wall On 6 June 44. As Wave After Wave Of Landing Craft Unload Their Cargo, Men Move Forward And Vehicles Surge Up The Roads. 3Rd Bomb Division, - Page 5	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
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During the early days of the invasion, ships were deliberately sunk to create breakwaters for the protection of shipping facilities at the beachheads. A string of ten ships, scuttled to ofrm an "L," is shown here off an American beachhead in Normandy - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
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American Liberty shiops were deliberately scuttled off the beaches to provide makeshift breakwaters during the early days of the invasion somewhere in France. This scene shows 13 Liberty ships ofrmed into a protecting screen for the vessels - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
France - Same Beaches On D-Day. Plane Has Moved To Within 35 Miles Of The Same Coast, Its Position Indicated By Bright Spots In Center Of Scope. Invasion Fleet (Smaller Blobs And Grains) Is Clearly Visible Massed Just Off Shore. (An/Aps-15). - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
France - Normandy Beaches Looked Like This In The Radar Scopes Of 8Th Air Force Bombers During Pre-Invasion Reconnaissance Flights. Despite Solid Clouds, Coastline And Built-Up Areas Of The Various Towns Showed Up Clearly. (An/Aps-15). - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 20, 2008
Invasion gliders land after being towed to the coast of southern France by Douglas C-47 transports of the 12th Air force Troop Carrier Air Division, on the invasion's D-Day. Dust can be seen as the gliders land somewhere between Cannes and Toulon. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE INVASION BEACHES . . . This is how the beaches of Normandy looked on D-Day from one of the 9th AF Marauder medium bombers which went out in close support of Allied ground troops. Bombing from lower-than usual altitudes - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
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Having completed its part in another devastating raid on the Nazi supply system, this U.S. Army 9th Air force Martin B-26 Marauder bomber is seen over the Channel headed back for its base in England. These hard-hitting medium bombers shuttle back - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
This photograph made from a Ninth Air Force Photographic Plane shows parachutes on the ground with parapacks and cannisters still attached to them. These were dropped from 9th Air Force Troop Carrier "Skytrains" on a newly constructed emergency - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
Invasion of French Coast, morning of 6 June 1944. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
One of the many B-26 Martin Marauders of the Ninth Air force is shown over the coast of France during the early morning giving a cover to the landing craft shown on the sandy beaches below. These hard hitting medium bombers with their fighter escort - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
Avoiding the great craters left by bombs of the 8th AAF, landing craft nose into the shore somewhere along the beach-head on the coast of Nazi held France.Army vehicles dotting the shore shown in this Eighth Air force Reconnaissance photo. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
FRANCE-On the first day of the invasion, the 9th AF played a great supporting job in the landing with water proofed vehicles on this scene at the beachhead while 88 mm shells burst around them. In the background on the cliffs smoke soars - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
A Navy LST boat with its yawing doors is pictured on the Northern Coast of France unloading its supplies, vehicles and men to keep up the constant flow from England. These boats shuttle back and ofrth day and night under an air cover - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
HEADQUARTERS NINTH AIR force, ENGLAND: A SCENE FROM A BEACHHEAD. Protected by gun fire of Allied Naval Units from the sea, and an air umbrella by Allied Expeditionary Air force and balloon barrage close over head; this - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 28, 2008
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B-388, 352d Infantry Division (6 Jun. 1944) - Page 45	US, WWII Foreign Military Studies, 1945-1954	Forces War Records	Image	Dec 22, 2008
B-621, 716th Infantry Division (1943-28 Jun. 1944) - Page 54	US, WWII Foreign Military Studies, 1945-1954	Forces War Records	Image	Dec 22, 2008
B-621, 716th Infantry Division (1943-28 Jun. 1944) - Page 2	US, WWII Foreign Military Studies, 1945-1954	Forces War Records	Image	Dec 22, 2008
WIE 3623/4 - Page 2	EU, Ardelia Hall Collection: Wiesbaden Property Cards, 1945-1952	Forces War Records	Image	Sept 24, 2009
Top Secret Bigot.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	Jun 6, 2014
Top Secret Bigot part 2.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	Jun 6, 2014
A few of the boys before taking off to Normandy.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 8, 2014
3 men in foreground--Edward Short, Max Sanchez, Orville Hall -- at 82nd Airborne CP in Normandy. Men sitting along the wall were wounded..JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 8, 2014
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A glider pilot after landing in Normandy.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
American CG-4A's lined up to take off to Normandy.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Archie Stein, Orville Hall, ----- Patterson, Roy E. Stowe, Edward Short (bk 3rd from R), Max Steiner, Clifford Talley, Greg Van London.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Babuska digging in after landing on D-Day.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Back in England after Normandy -- Max Sanchez, Chuck Sweeney, Cliff Talley, ---- Vollmar.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Burned German Tank.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Burned Glider - jeep still inside.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
CG-4A Glider--written on front of glider--Hazle Francis Little Red.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Charles Sweeney, Cliff Talley and airborne before take off into Normandy on D-Day. Note the Mae West life jackets.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Charles Sweeney's glider after a good landing in Normandy. His load was delivered intact..JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Clifford Talley after landing in Normandy.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Clifford Talley.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
D-Day + 5 -- Greg Van London, Cliff Talley, ----- Pemberton, -----Vocke, Charles Sweeney-- Veterans at Last.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
D-Day Casualties.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
D-Day Crash.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
D-Day France.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
D-Day Normandy.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
D-Day, Normandy.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Donald L. Patterson.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Edward Short diggin in in a S France vineyard. Getting a few shells as the picture was taken on D-Day.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Edward D. Short and the glider he flew into Normandy on D-Day. He lan, ded outside St Mere Eglise with a jeep (peep), 10 men and a trailer load of ammunition.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Edward Short in England before leaving for Normandy.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
English Horsa Glider in tow into Normandy.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Fred P. Krueger.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
German Prisoners.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Glider pilot after landing in Normandy.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Glider Pilots near Normandy Beach on D-Day---a mighty tired bunch.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Glider Pilots on the beach in Normandy -- Edward Short standing on L--note arm bands.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Hedge Row Crash.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Hitler's Super Men--US Prisoners.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Kamerade-----.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Marching German prisoners through the remains of a Horsa glider..JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Noel Addy.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Normandy, FR D-Day -- glider on the left was landed by Edward Short.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Power crew just before takeoff into Normandy.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Roy C. Kenney after landing at Normandy.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Sam Pemberton writing home before D-Day.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Ste. Marie DuMont, Normandy, FR- marching a few German Supermen through. Note shell hole in the church steeple..JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Talley, Law, Stafford in Normandy.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
The poles were the German welcome to the US Airborne.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Unknown, Sweeney, Sanchez, Floyd.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Washing off a little battle sweat and dirt at a Normandy spring. Edward Short on right with back to camera.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Weisburger.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Worn out boys.JPG		Forces War Records	Image	Sept 9, 2014
Dwight Eisenhower		Forces War Records	Memorial	Sept 6, 2008
Bernard Law Montgomery		Forces War Records	Memorial	Jul 1, 2014

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