Lieutenant Commander Knapper and Chief Yeoman Cook, of USS Texas (BB-35), examine  a damaged German pillbox at Pointe du Hoc on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. Earlier in the day Texas had bombarded the point in support of the "Omaha" Beach landings.The body of a dead U.S. Army Ranger, killed during the assault on Pointe du Hoc, lies covered up at right.

Examining a damaged German pillbox

USS Saratoga (CV-3)arrives at Pearl Harbor from the U.S. West Coast, 6 June 1942. She departed the following day to join USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Hornet (CV-8) near Midway, bringing replacement aircraft for those two ships, whose air groups had been depleted during the Battle of Midway.(rudeerude)

USS Saratoga bringing replacement aircraft

Edison, New Jersey - photo from the 2004 anniversary edition of Home News Tribune