The amphibious landing Monday included about 24 assault vehicles and more than 1,000 infantry Marines and sailors. Five Landing Craft Air Cushion hovercrafts commanded by the U.S. Navy’s Assault ...

Sgt. Claud C. Woodring, 18th Infantry, 1st Division, said, "Our landing craft hit a submerged mine 200, 300 yards from shore and sunk. One of my buddies went overboard, and I let my rifle down to ...

Their landing craft, infantry-85 (LCI-85), turned back when the craft hit pilings too far from shore to disembark on Fox Green Beach. The boat received machine gun and artillery fire while stuck.

Tuesday’s amphibious landing included 18 assault vehicles and more than 2,000 infantry Marines and Navy sailors. Two Landing Craft Air Cushion hovercrafts commanded by the U.S. Navy’s ...

Despite heading into battle, United States Rangers from E Company, 5th Ranger Battalion, on board a landing craft assault vessel look fearless in Weymouth harbor in Dorset, England on June 4, 1944.

Battling rough seas with five-foot waves, thrashing wind gusts and heavy enemy fire, U.S. Navy amphibious landing craft attacking Utah Beach on D-Day actually managed to achieve total tactical ...

U.S. Army Sgt. John O. Herrick was aboard the Landing Craft Infantry (Large) 92 en route to Omaha Beach during the D-Day assault on June 6, 1944.

Archaeological researchers at the UNC Coastal Studies Institute have identified a shipwreck in the Outer Banks as a World War II assault craft. Locals had previously rumored that the wreck was a ...