In June 1944, the USS Augusta (CA 31) took part in the Normandy invasion. Closing on the shore on 6 June, the heavy cruiser commenced firing at 0618, hurling 51 rounds from her main battery at shore installations in support of the landings.

USS Augusta (CA-31)

Mario Dominici, of Edison, NJ - on the left, when he was a machinist mate on LST 360, took part in the Normandy Invasion... Prior to that, his LCT was sunk off the coast of Salerno, Italy. - On the right, as he looked 60 years later, in 2004.

One of the "Greatest Generation"

Elmer Jensen, Navy veteran of the Normandy Invasion, seen here 60 years later in 2004 as he sits outside his fish market in South River, NJ.