[American soldiers landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day, Normandy, France]

[Medical transport craft for men wounded in the first wave of American troops landing on D-Day, off Omaha Beach, Normandy]

[French fishermen looking at the bodies of some of the men killed during the D-Day landings, Omaha Beach, Normandy]

[General Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben (left), the commander of the German garrison in Cherbourg, after having surrendered to the Americans, Cherbourg, France]

[General Matthew B. Ridgway (center, facing camera) discussing strategy with his staff, Cherbourg, France]

[Welcoming American troops, Alençon, Normandy]

[German soldiers surrendering to American troops, Cherbourg, Normandy]

[German soldiers captured by American forces, Normandy]