LST Waiting for Low Tide to Unload Cargo at British Sector Beach, Mitchell Jamieson #V-33, Charcoal & wash, 1944, 88-193-RJ
LSTs Unloading off Omaha on D Plus 2, Alexander P. Russo # 15, June, 8 1944, 88-198-O
D Plus Seven, Dwight C. Shepler #151, Watercolor, June 13 1944, 88-199-EY
On Omaha Beachhead the wreckage of assault was thrust aside and reinforcements poured from LSTs lined up to spew forth their mobile cargo. It was not an uncommon sight to see thirty LSTs “dry out” and discharge their load on one ebb [low] tide, and float away on the flood [high tide]. The tide was 20 feet.
With this sight repeated on Utah Beach and the British and Canadian beaches, the “lift” carried by various amphibious craft was enormous. The great offensive that broke out at St Lo, swept through Avranches to Brittany, and swung for Paris was mounted with men and material that came in over the beaches. The “Ducks” [DUKW amphibious wheeled vehicles] were bringing cargo from a ship offshore; while members of the US Navy’s 7th Beach Battalion, which landed with the assault, are sandbagging the shelter of their signal station.
Beach Activity, Alexander P. Russo #49, Watercolor, June 8 1944, 88-198-AW
Men and supplies constantly poured inland from the beaches on D+2 (June 8, 1944).
German Gun Battery Off Omaha Beach in Allied Hands on D+3, Alexander P. Russo #20, Watercolor, 1944, 88-198-T
Beach Activity Omaha Beach, Alexander P. Russo #50, Oil on canvas, 1945, 88-198-AX
