Coming ashore on D-day
This World War II account was made by Company A of the 116th Infantry Regiment—one of the few companies to land where planned on D-day. The landing craft approached...
D-Day pep talk
Moments before the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division boarded their aircraft for occupied France, they were visited by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The...
Dressed for land and sea
The D-day assault was rigorous and required soldiers to be prepared for an attack that started at sea and ended on land. This drawing by combat historian Lt. Jack...
Eisenhower remains optimistic
Early on D-day, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander of the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II, sent this report to Gen. George C....
Fire!
This photograph shows the USS Nevada providing naval gunfire support for the troops storming Omaha and Utah beaches in Normandy. During the first 3 days of the...
Headed for shore…and war
In this D-day photograph, troops disembark from a landing craft on the Normandy coast. Coast Guardsmen manned the landing craft, which debarked troops near shore and...
In case of failure
Drafted (and misdated) by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 5, 1944, this message was written in the event that the Allied invasion of Europe failed. Eisenhower asks...