African-American troops watching LST unload railroad cars filled with supplies directly onto beachhead railroad links built by US troops to facilitate delivery of supplies from landing craft to French railway lines shortly after D-Day invasion.June 10,1944

Railroad cars 

Sitting in the cover of their foxholes, American soldiers of the Allied Expeditionary Force secure a beachhead during initial landing operations at Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. In the background amphibious tanks and other equipment crowd the beach, while landing craft bring more troops and material ashore.


Beachhead secured

US troops and Army Corps of Engineers building and operating beachhead railroad links to facilitate delivery of seaborne supplies and equipment from landing craft to French railway lines shortly after victorious D-Day invasion.