ASSAULT ELEMENTS OF FORCE U, including DD tanks, were still on the beaches when [this photo was] taken shortly after H Hour. Infantrymen cross the dune and advance inland.


Omaha Assault Elements of Force U

Dead G.I's Omaha Beach

OPPOSITION ON THE BEACH ON D DAY was light, but enemy artillery fire from inland batters frequently forced men to take shelter along the sea wall several days after the landings. The lower photo was taken from a position along the sea wall itself.