A Canadian Trench Assault

The one teenaged soldier looking at the camera seems to be saying "what the hell am I doing on this boat, they told me I was joining the Postal Corp?) lol
May 1, 1944, off Portsmouth, England.  For several days, sailors onboard HMCS Prince David watched exercises such as this with a Landing Craft Assault, and thought this was "IT", but it turned out just to be a dress rehearsal.  These soldiers would not be standing easy if it were the real thing.

Landing Craft Assault

Jean-Claude Dubuc of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal enjoying the simple pleasures in Trafalgar Square in the summer of 1944, shortly before embarking for the Continent.