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The Latin Cross marker of US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Robert F. Bickhart, from Minnesota, 165th Signal PHOTO Company, killed in action (KIA) August 25, 1944, during World War II (WWII) along with more than 9,000 Americans killed in the Normandy, France, region. They were laid to rest in the American Cemetery in the village of Colleville-sur-Mer overlooking Omaha Beach. Among those buried are more than 300 unknown Soldiers

Tombstone of US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Robert F. Bickhart, from Minnesota, 165th Signal PHOTO Company, killed in action (KIA) August 25, 1944, during World War II is buried in the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer above Omaha Beach, France (FRA)

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Cory Lovejoy, Charlie 1/27 Field Artillery (FA), Babenhausen Kaserne, Germany (DEU), presents World War II (WWII) veteran First Lieutenant (1LT) (Ret) Frank Hertzog, with an empty shell casing from a 75mm howitzer following the 21 gun salute during the US-sponsored ceremony at Utah Beach commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy

US Army (USA) Major General (MGEN) William E. Ingram, Jr. (foreground right), Adjutant General, North Carolina Army National Guard (NCARNG) presents the folded American Flag to Mrs. Isabel Carrasquillo, the Mother of USA SPECIALIST (SPC) Jocelyn Carrasquillo, during her daughters Funeral Service, held at the Wayne Memorial Park, located in Goldboro, North Carolina (NC). SPC Carrasquillo, a member of the 30th Heavy Separate Brigade, is the first North Carolina Guardsman to be killed in action, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Special Operation Soldiers render a salute after placing a coffin carrying the remains of a US Military Serviceman into a waiting hearse, during a Fallen Soldier Ceremony, held at Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany. This was one of three US Military Servicemen killed during the crash of a USAF MC-130 Combat Shadow Special Operation aircraft in Afghanistan

US Army (USA) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Michael Griffith, Commander, 1ST Battalion (BN), 7th Field Artillery Regiment (1/7th FAR), 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 1ST Infantry Division (ID), salutes and pays respect to a fallen Soldier during a simulated funeral ceremony held as part of Exercise NOBLE SHEPHERD, an ongoing USA mission rehearsal exercise conducted at the USA 7th Armys Hohenfels Training Area (HTA), Bavaria, Germany (DEU)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to the American Embassy in Tunis touches a headstone at the North African American Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony honoring American veterans on Nov. 17, 2006. The North Africa American Cemetery is one of 24 American cemeteries on foreign soil and covers 27 acres of land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Bay of Tunis. Established in 1948, the cemetery holds the graves of 2,841 service members who died while serving during the World War II North Africa campaign. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Rosa Larson) (Released)

Latin Cross and Star of David markers of more than 9,000 Americans killed in the Normandy, France (FRA), region during World War II (WWII) were laid to rest in the American Cemetery in the village of Colleville-sur-Mer overlooking Omaha Beach. Among those buried are more than 300 unknown Soldiers

US Army (USA) Honor Guard members US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Monica Alvarado (left), Ammo Bearer, USA SPC Jarrod Ryan, Loader, and USA STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Lee Price (right), Gun Commander, 529th Military Police Company (MP CO), Heidelberg, Germany (DEU), fire a 105mm howitzer during practice for the 60th Anniversary D-Day ceremony at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France (FRA)

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Ryan Hildebran, 529th Military Police Company (MP CO), Heidelberg, Germany (DEU), walks through the American Cemetery during the 60th Anniversary of D-Day viewing the Latin Cross markers of American servicemen killed during World War II (WWII). The cemetery is in the village of Colleville-sur-Mer, France (FRA), overlooking Omaha Beach

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Base: Omaha Beach

State: Normandy

Country: France (FRA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The Normandy landings on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 was the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end, the Allies gained a foothold in Continental Europe. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded, but their sacrifice allowed more than 100,000 Soldiers to begin the slow, hard invasion in Europe, to defeat German troops.

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