Red Ball Express convoys used two-ton "Deuce" trucks like this
Private Space B-26 rests in a naturally lighted hangar
Dinah Might flew with the 553rd Bomb Squadron
Track Record 85 missions are chalked up
Art Gallery offers framed prints
Para-Drop
by C-47s of the 50th TCW,
94th
Squadron
Citation Awarded by museum docent
Commemorative Medal presented as well
Higgins Boat
restored and on display
Duck a DUKW amphibious landing-craft (D=1942
model year, U=Amphibian, K-All wheel drive, W=Dual rear axles)
Front Seat has no-frills
Simple Dash with few instruments, note hooded dash light over gauges for
nighttime security
Invasion News
11,000 Planes and 4,000 Ships Engaged says English newspaper
ALLIES
STORM COAST LINES
Nazi Defense Found Weak shouts the Atlanta Journal
American Red Cross handed out coffee and doughnuts before the ships and aircraft
loaded up
Comanche
Code Talkers commemorated and quoted as "We made a good landing [but] we landed
at the wrong place". Destined for Omaha Beach they hit the
sands of Utah.
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