D-Day: 68 years later

Supreme Allied Commander U.S. Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks with 101st Airborne Division paratroopers before they board airplanes and gliders to take part in a parachute assault into Normandy as part of the Allied Invasion of Europe, D-Day. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)

Barges carrying supplies for soldiers are challenged by pounding surf along the Normandy coast, D-Day, June 6, 1944. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)

A paratrooper boards an airplane that will drop him over the coast of Normandy for the Allied Invasion of Europe, D-Day, June 6, 1944. Soldiers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions parachuted behind enemy lines during the night, while fellow servicemen assaulted Normandy beaches at dawn. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)

Soldiers wade through surf and Nazi gunfire to secure a beachhead during the Allied Invasion, June 6, 1944. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)

Soldiers crowd a landing craft on their way to Normandy during the Allied Invasion of Europe, D-Day, June 6, 1944. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)

Army Air Corps photographers documented D-Day beach traffic, as photographed from a Ninth Air Force bomber on June 6, 1944. Note vehicle lanes leading away from the landing areas, and landing craft left aground by the tide. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)

Members of a landing party help injured soldiers to safety on Utah Beach during the Allied Invasion of Europe on D-Day, June 6, 1944. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)

Soldiers move onto Omaha Beach during the Allied Invasion of Europe on D-Day, June 6, 1944. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)

Soldiers of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, move over a seawall on Utah Beach during the Allied Invasion of Europe. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)

Medics attend to wounded soldiers on Utah Beach in France during the Allied Invasion of Europe on D-Day, June 6, 1944. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)

Soldiers of the 16th Infantry Regiment, wounded while storming Omaha Beach, wait by the chalk cliffs for evacuation to a field hospital for treatment, D-Day, June 6, 1944. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)

Gliders fly supplies to soldiers fighting on Utah Beach during the Allied Invasion of Europe, D-Day, June 6, 1944. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)

The spirit of the American soldier: This beachhead is secure. Fellow soldiers erected this monument to an American soldier somewhere on the shell-blasted coast of Normandy. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)

German troops surrender to soldiers during the Allied Invasion of Europe, D-Day, June 6, 1944. <a href="http://www.army.mil/media/">Click for more from Army.mil</a> (ARMY.MIL)