| Original caption: “Roadways appear as if by magic as long lines of men and materiel stream ashore at a beach in northern France. With the beach situation well under control, there is an increasing flow of troops and supplies to reinforce the units now in combat.” This view was taken on Omaha Beach. Note the heavy guns, mobile cranes, DUKWs and other vehicles on the beach roads; German pillbox in the lower left; Landing Craft, Tanks (LCT)s unloading at low tide; and shipping off shore. USS LCT-572 is at left, broached at the high tide line. American troops, including an M2A2 105 millimeter howitzer towed by a M5 artillery tractor and DUKW amphibious and CCKW 2-and-a-half ton trucks, Division climb the bluff above the Ruquet Valley 1944, after having just landed on the Easy Red sector of Omaha Beach. Below them can be seen the Widerstandsnest 65 bunker, which had been knocked out the day before by the men of the 467th Anti-Aircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion. USS LCT-572 was laid down in October 1943 at Bison Shipbuilding Corporation in North Tonawanda, New York, and launched in November 1943 into the Niagara River. Place in service that same month, she was sailed through the Saint Lawrence Seaway to the Atlantic Ocean. She served in the Normandy Campaign and received 1 Battle Star for World War II service. | |
| Image Filename | wwii2146.jpg |
| Image Size | 1.74 MB |
| Image Dimensions | 5676 x 4436 |
| Photographer | |
| Photographer Title | United States Army Signal Corps |
| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | June 8, 1944 |
| Location | |
| City | Omaha Beach |
| State or Province | Normandy |
| Country | France |
| Archive | Naval History and Heritage Command |
| Record Number | SC 193082 |
| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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