U.S. Army Rangers board landing craft that will take them to assault transports in Weymouth Harbor. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Rangers

Barrage Balloons waiting to be hoisted lie in front of Weymouth Pavilion as Omaha Beach bound soldiers of the 1st. Infantry Division (The Big Red 1) board LCVPs that will ferry them to the troop transport USS Thurston.

Big Red 1

Corporal Jack Bramkamp, Company B, 2nd Ranger Battalion, gives a special invasion trim to Cpl. Elmer Olander as other Rangers admire his handiwork. Note the artfully decorated back of the Battle Jacket, which serves as a barbers cape. The 65 men of Company B landed not at Point du Hoc, but on the extremr Western edge of Omaha Beach. Almost half, including Bramkamp and Olander, never even reached the seawall before being cut down by enemy machine-gun fire. 
   Rest in Peace Rangers. (scanned by HOS Bandit)