The Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force, US General Dwight Eisenhower, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US Lieutenant General Omar Bradley (Commander of the US 1st Army during the landing in Normandy) fire from M1 carbines.
  The photo was taken during the preparation for the landing of the allied forces in Normandy; 1944.

Test-firing the carbine

Soldiers of the 41st Infantry Regiment of the US 2nd Armored Division are resting on a country road by a destroyed column of the SS Panzer-Division "Das Reich". 
  In the frame, (front left) is the communication vehicle Sd.Kfz. 251/3 (mittlerer Funkpanzerwagen); France, July 31, 1944.

Resting on a country road

Machine-gun crews of the 358th Regiment of the US 90th Infantry Division pause on the street of a small town in their advancement; November 17, 1944.