Soldiers seeking shelter from German machine guns on D-Day at Omaha Beach.Claud Woodring’s job on D-Day was challenge enough. Scheduled to be among the first soldiers to land on the beach on D-Day, he was to demolish barbed wire so that the troops could advance unimpeded. But he found himself swimming ashore when his boat hit a mine several hundred yards from shore. Despite horrific casualty rates, Woodring and his men achieved their objective, only to face a new challenge: fighting the Germans amid the hedgerows of Normandy.
To read personal stories of the soldiers who were there:
http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/onthebeach.html
Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project
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