Photographs

The one-man submarine which landed on Peter Beach,
Anzio Beachhead area, Italy, is examined by U.S. soldiers. The tube on
the left is the torpedo, the other is the driving compartment, housing
one man. The torpedo tube is shackled to the driving tube and can be
release, allowing the pilot to return safely. Ordinarily the torpedo is
underneath the drive tube. The submarine pilot was a 17 year old Nazi
who was captured. April 21, 1944.

Group of prisoner of wars found hiding in cellar after
Germans evacuated Cosma E'Damiano. Fifth Army, Castleforte area, Italy.
13 May 1944.

German tank buried beneath rubble. Soldiers viewing it
are Moroccans. Fifth Army, Castleforte area, Italy. 13 May 1944.

American medium tanks lined up to fire on Castleforte.
2nd Tank from right has just fired it "75". 4th Moroccan Mountain
Troops and 3rd Algerian Division make attack. Fifth Army, Castleforte
area, Italy. 12 May 1944.

2nd D.I.M., C.E.F. This 28 year old Grenadier of the
German 44th Division, 131st Infantry came down the mountain as a
prisoner with 3 bullet wounds in his arm. Fifth Army, Mt. Maio area,
Italy. 13 May 1944.

Omaha Beach, showing tanks that were landed with assault troops in the invasion of France. 6 June 1944.

American assault troops, with equipment form landing
craft, wade ashore on Omaha Beach in northern France. 6 June 1944.

While hundreds of others move towards the beach in
landing craft, American assault troops, with full equipment, move onto
Omaha Beach in Northern France. 6 June 1944.

American assault troops, with full equipment, move onto
Omaha Beach in Northern France. Landing craft, in the background, jams
the harbor. 6 June 1944.

Somewhere over France, a Jump Master and a crew chief
push supplies out to paratroops, in parapacks. June 7, 1944.

In the intelligence trailers of a 9th Air Force P-47,
pilots are interrogated on their return from France. Left to right:
General Strickland, Interrogator; Captain John R. Murphy, Fargo, North
Dakota; Captain Barry Jones, Elberton; Lieutenant Robert N. Fry, Erie,
Pennsylvania, Interrogator; and Colonel A. W. Schofield, Houston, Texas,
Interrogator. P Fighter Bomber Base in England. 7 June 1944.

Half-tracks and a beached "Duck" move along the shore,
as American assault troops land on Omaha Beach, in northern France. In
the background is a line of troops moving onto the continent from the
beachhead. The smoke is form Naval gunfire supporting the attack. 6
June 1944.

A Yank wounded in the first assault of Allied troops
against German held beaches in France, is lifted into an Ambulance by
men of a colored medical unit. England. 8 June 1944.

A group of American assault troops who stormed a
beachhead and although wounded gained the comparative safety offered by
the Chal-Cliff at their backs. Food and cigarettes were available to
land comfort to the men. Normandy, France. 8 June 1944.

A group of American assault troops who stormed a
beachhead and although wounded gained the comparative safety offered by
the Chal-Cliff at their backs, after moving ashore through the surf,
take a breather before moving onto the continent. Normandy, France. 8
June 1944.

This is not the "Road Back"! These Germans file
through the barbed stockade of a prisoner of war camp somewhere in
England. They were among the first captured during the initial assaults
of Allied troops on German held beaches in France. England. 8 June
1944.

An American medic makes a casualty report on a wounded
soldier on a beachhead somewhere in northern France. Normandy, France 8
June 1944.

American medics administer blood Plasma to a wounded
American on a beachhead gained by assualt troops on the northern coast
of France. Normandy France. 8 June 1944.