Apologies if these have been posted before, but I came across them on another website and though you guys & Gals would be interested.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/06/05/the-65th-anniversary-of-d-day-on-the-normandy-beaches/
That's what you call spirit. Them paratroops are about to suffer an 85% casualty rate (not that they know it) but they'll be damned if their boots aren't shined right up!
very good photos there are 2 photos of the same GI he has a receeding hair line he looks older than the other GIs he is being helped out of the sea and on a later photo he is helping his comrades in a dingey