U.S. soldiers keep an eye as a group of German prisoners are marched to the ships to take them back to England to POW camp; Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944.

POWs heading to ships

After crossing the English Channel and dropping anchors off Normandy from 3:15 am, the USS Samuel Chase took the men on board and transferred them to LCVP landing crafts, bound for Omaha Beach, including photographer Robert Capa; June 6, 1944. - These crafts then return with wounded soldiers to be taken back to Weymouth, England, the next day...

Onward to Omaha Beach

Two paratroopers of the 17th Airborne Division wait for takeoff on their C-46 during Operation Varsity. March 23, 1945. One of them is holding a "grease gun"