American Marines climb out of the water on land to capture Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. D-day.
Photo place: Normandy
Date of the photo: 06 June 1944
Author: Rodger Hamilton
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American Marines climb out of the water on land to capture Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. D-day.
Photo place: Normandy
Date of the photo: 06 June 1944
Author: Rodger Hamilton
Those aren’t Marines. The Marine Corps, a branch of the U.S. Navy had no presence at Omaha Beach, nor Utah Beach on D-Day 6 June 1944. The assault troops on Omaha were the First and Twenty-Ninth Infantry Divisions of the United States Army.