The beachhead is secure, but the price was high.  A Coast Guard Combat Photographer came upon this monument to a dead American soldier somewhere on the shell-blasted shore of Normandy, Ca.  June 1944.  S. Scott Wigle.  (Coast Guard)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  026-G-2441
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1045

Monument to a Dead Soldier

Catholic Mass is held for two soldiers who were killed nearby.  San Benedetto, Italy.  October 11, 1944.  Schmidt.  (Army)
NARA FILE #:  111-SC-195385
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1032

Catholic Mass for the Fallen

This dead German soldier was one of the &quot;last stand&quot; defenders of German-held Cherbourg.  Capt. Earl Topley, who led one of the first outfits into the fallen city, blamed him for killing three of his boys.  France, June 27, 1944.  Zwick.  (Army)
NARA FILE #:  111-SC-193970
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1050