Photo of the Day

No. 551

not according to plan

Medic, far left, treats wounded soldiers beneath the bluffs of Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944.

While the Allied press hailed the D-Day landings as a hard-won victory, soldiers in the initial assault waves on Omaha Beach knew that little during the early moments of the battle had gone according to plan.

In that first hour, Omaha Beach was a…