U.S. Army photo album : shooting the war in color, 1941-1945 USA to ETO

A lost collection of hundreds of previously unreleased color photos of American troops in the months before D-Day has recently become available.

Here are the uniforms worn on D-Day and the subsequent campaign in France, but photographed under ideal conditions, by skilled cameramen who could control the lighting and re-shoot to get every detail right. All of the major units stationed in Britain before D-Day are covered, with many details visible that are often obscured in photos taken on active operations.