Operation Overlord Normandy Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division of the United States Army have boarded the Landing Craft Transport (LCT) named "Channel Fever" ) in Southern England. They are ready for the landing in France. The 1st Division was one of the two divisions that stormed Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on D-Day suffering high casualties. It secured Formigny and Caumont in the beachhead. The photo was taken by an American war photographer from the US Signal Corps. Castletown, Portland, Dorset, World War II. United Kingdom. Early June 1944