D-Day Invasion Seventy years ago today, June 6, 1944, combined Allied forces landed in France as part of the D-Day invasion.
This photo gallery is made up of images from the Naval History & Heritage Command (NHHC), which has put together a website of images around Operation Overlord: Invasion Normandy.
On Monday, June 9, Julie Kowalsky, curator with NHHC's Historic Small Arms Division, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp to talk about the work her office does.
In this photo, Army troops wade ashore on "Omaha" Beach during the D-Day landings. A Coast Guard manned LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] brought the troops to the beach.
(Photograph from the U.S. Coast Guard Collection in the U.S. National Archives)