General Dwight D. Eisenhower visits with paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division just hours before their jump into German-occupied France. June 5, 1944. Photograph »

Assault troops approach Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Photograph »

US troops wade ashore at Normandy on D-Day, the beginning of the Allied invasion of France to establish a second front against German forces in Europe. Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. Photograph »

American troops wade through the surf on their arrival at the Normandy beaches on D-Day. Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. Photograph »

American troops pull the survivors of a sunken craft on to the shores of the Normandy beaches on D-Day. Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. Photograph »

The Normandy beach as it appeared after D-Day. Landing craft on the beach unload troops and supplies transferred from transports offshore. Barrage balloons hover overhead to deter German aircraft. Undated. Photograph »

Watercolor painting by Simon Jeruchim entitled "Memory of June 6, 1944." Having learned of the Allied invasion on a shortwave radio, the artist depicts the bombing and burning of a town that is situated on a river. Photograph »