At the edge of the beach of Utah Beach, these American soldiers try to help a wounded comrade - June 6, 1944.

Casualty on Utah

As everyone pitches in to help out, cans of gasoline bound for Patton's gas-hungry Third Army are unloaded from a C-47 by Air Evacuation Nurse Irene Steffens. Airlifts brought in up to 12,000 gallons a day, a mere trickle in comparison to the 450,000 gallons that Patton required.

Just helping out

American soldiers landing at Utah Beach - Normandy, France June 6, 1944