GRAPHIC AND PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF D-DAY ACTION

Paratroopers In Flight
a "stick" of troopers await the "Stand up ... Hook up" command
 (AP Photo)
Ready To Jump
These men typify the tense readiness of some 14,000 parachutists awaiting the green light in the early hours of June 6, 1944
Hooked Up
once the green light is lit they will exit the plane without hesitation
 (AP Photo)
Pointe du Hoc. Omaha Beach
pocked by D-Day bombardment
Utah Beach
scarred by remains of shelling still shows German fortifications


Beachhead Scene
may have been a staged photo but symbolizes what took place


Drop Zone 'N'
was the targeted landing point for the 508th PIR with special objectives of two causeways to the south


82nd Airborne Drop Pattern
documents how widely the troopers were scattered.

 

 D-Day Along The Merderet
details Col. Lindquist's group advancing east above La Fiere while Col
Shanley closes in on the infamous Hill 30
(Courtesy Tony Rogers)
Then and Now
Iron Mike statue at La Fiere looks out on a flooded Merderet plain.  The scene must have been much like this on D-Day.
(courtesy Vivian Roger)		 La Haye Du Puits
as Bill Giegold remembered it 43 years later.
  His hand drawn map is annotated in his own words and also translated into French


Chef Du Pont
shows the area from "Pont Le'Abbe at left to La Fiere Bridge on right.  What appears to be chutes are more likely animals grazing or perhaps haystacks.
(Courtesy David Berry)