Congested Omaha Beach... Landing craft bringing in reinforcement to already secured beach, waiting for clearance to reach shore and discharge troops.

Congestion on landing beach

U.S. Army, V Corps troops disembarking in Ireland in January 1942. The soldiers were the first American troops to deploy to the European Theater during WWII. 

First troops to Ireland

Weymouth, county of Dorset, England: US soldiers awaiting embarkation for the cross-channel sailing to invade the beaches of Normandy, France; June 1-5, 1944.