In June of 1944, German POWs are moved by the 2nd Ranger Battalion as they are relieved by the 29th Infantry Division only days after they scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc. 🪖

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82 years ago today, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division move cautiously through a French churchyard in St. Marcouf, France. 🪂

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Normandy logistics will never cease to amaze 🇺🇸

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In June of 1944, soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division march up the bluff in the Easy Red sector of Omaha Beach, Normandy. 🪖

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"Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived." - General George S. Patton

American Military Cemetery in Normandy. 🇺🇸

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The stained glass window dedicated to paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division in the church at Angoville-au-Plain, Manche, Normandy, France. 🪂

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Days after the Normandy invasion, the USS Texas flooded herself in order to provide fire support for inland American troops. ⚓️

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An excerpt from D-Day Easy Company CO, Lt. Thomas Meehan, to his wife before his jump into Normandy:

“I'm going to take the best company of men in the world into France. We'll give the bastards hell. Strangely, I'm not particularly scared. But in my heart is a terrific longing to hold you in my arms. I love you Sweetheart – forever. Your Tom.”

Thomas Meehan KIA on DDay 82 years ago.🪦

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In June of 1944, Lt. Margaret Stanfill prepares dressings in a tent at the 128th Army Evacuation Hospital near Saint-Mère-Église. 🇺🇸

Four days prior to this picture, she was the 1st nurse to wade ashore when the 128th landed on Utah Beach. 🪖

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82 years ago today, paratrooper Elmer Habbs of the 82nd Airborne Division rests next to the German road sign on the north side Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France. 🪂

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After the war, and a stint in China, Sledge returned home, earned a degree, and became a biology professor at the University of Montevallo.

He married, raised two sons, and lived quietly — but the war’s scars never fully healed.

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Eugene Sledge died on March 3, 2001, at age 77.

His memoir stands as a lasting testament to the Marines of “the Old Breed” — their courage, suffering, and the terrible cost of war in the Pacific.

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The stained glass window in the church of St Mere Eglise, France showing the arrival of the 82nd Airborne Division as they were dropped over the town On D-Day 🪂

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The John Steele monument in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Normandy. 🪂

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82 years ago today paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division view an M-5A1 Stuart light tank that was knocked out by the Germans a few miles inland from Utah Beach. 🪖

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In June of 1944, 1st Lt. John Reeder of the 101st Airborne Division stands by the road sign indicating the direction to St. Come du Mont in Normandy, France. 🪂

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After their 1st combat jump into Normandy, paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division gather in St. Marcouf, France near Utah Beach. 🪂

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82 years ago today, men of the US Navy’s 2nd Beach Battalion take a moment to rest after working hard on the beachhead in Normandy, France. ⚓️

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81 years ago today, a photograph taken of the 96th Infantry Division Cemetery on Okinawa, two days after the battle ended. 🪖

1595 soldiers of the “Deadeye Division” were killed in the 82 day battle. 🪦

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The bronze statue of "Wild Bill" Guarnere at the Delaware County Veterans Memorial in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. 🇺🇸

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In June of 1944, Cpl. David Halberg, armed with his Tommy Gun, looks ready for the next town up for his unit….Cherbourg, France. 🪖

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