British women offer coffee - and charm - to American soldiers gathering in England for the invasion.

Coffee, tea or - me...

General Eisenhower talks to one of the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division before he and his comrades board the planes. He was worried that the men might sustain casualty rates as high as 75%; the final figure was much lower, close to 10%.

Gen. Eisenhower with the paratroopers

Soldiers from the 90th Infantry Div. prepare rounds for the continued fight in Normandy - St. Jores, France, July 1944. texag57