The commander of the US 1st Army, Lieutenant General Omar Bradley (1893-1981) and accompanying officers ride in the amphibious GMC DUKW-353 ("named" Tugboat - Annie) after the Allied Landings in Normandy, France; June 1944.


Taking a ride in a DUKW

An American amphibian GMC DUKW-353 is being unloaded from the landing craft LST-543 at the floating pier in Mulberry Harbor.  Mulberry Harbor is a British system of coastal structures, which were temporary seaports, used on the undevelopped coast of Normandy, France to offload military equipment, personnel and supplies during Operation Overlord; June 1944.

Unloading a DUKW at Mulberry Harbor

A link-up of American soldiers from the US 82nd Airborne Division and the Soviet servicemen from the 8th Guards Mechanized Corps of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the 1st Belorussian Front near the German town of Grabow, close to the Elbe river; May 3, 1945.