US troops preparing to board Horsa gliders for Normandy, France assault, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2US troops preparing to board Horsa gliders for Normandy, France assault, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2; note RAF markings recently painted over with USAAF markingsUSS E. A. Poe entering USS ABSD-1 at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, 3 Jun 1944LST-357 at a port in southern England being loaded with DUKWs in preparation for the D-Day Normandy invasion, early June 1944.