Landing ships putting cargo ashore on one of the invasion beaches, at low tide during the first days of the operation, June 1944. Among identifiable ships present are USS LST-532 (in the center of the view); USS LST-262 (3rd LST from right); USS LST-310 (2nd LST from right); USS LST-533 (partially visible at far right); and USS LST-524. Note barrage balloons overhead and Army half-track convoy forming up on the beach. Photograph from the U.S. Coast Guard Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Colourised by Royston Leonard from the UK
I’m sure it’s just a typo, but the posted picture is actually D-Day +3, or June 9, 1944. The initial landings were June 6.
Always blows me away how quickly they can mobilize and deploy so much machinery and soldiers
This is insane
