Priest in Action: US M7 SPG Supports Troops at Cherbourg, June 1944
June 18, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
An M7 Priest 105mm self-propelled gun from the 14th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Armored Division “Hell on Wheels,” moves through the ruins of Cherbourg during the Allied push to capture the strategic port. Read more
US M3 105mm Howitzer Firing on German Forces at Carentan – July 1944
June 17, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
U.S. soldiers fire a 105mm M3 howitzer on German positions near Carentan during the Allied advance through Normandy. Read more
Fallen Brother on Omaha Beach – A Solemn Moment of D-Day, 1944
June 9, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
A fallen American soldier is honored by his comrades with crossed rifles after the D-Day landing. Read more
Into the Jaws of Death: American Troops Land at Omaha Beach, D-Day 1944
June 9, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
E Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st U.S. Infantry Division disembarks from an LCVP landing craft from USS Samuel Chase under heavy fire. Read more
The Night Before D-Day: Eisenhower Talks to the Screaming Eagles (1944)
June 9, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks with paratroopers of the 502nd PIR, 101st Airborne Division, on the eve of D-Day.
Into the Fire: American Troops Storm Omaha Beach on D-Day (1944)
June 9, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment approach the Normandy coast aboard an LCVP during the D-Day landings. Read more
Paratrooper’s Advance: US Soldier Passes Wrecked French Tankette in Normandy
June 8, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes
American paratrooper near a destroyed French tankette and crashed Waco CG-4 glider, Normandy, August 1944. Read more