The ruins of Normandy: unpublished color photos from France

Saint-Lô, Normandy, summer 1944. (Frank ScherschelTime & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Unloading vehicles and supplies from an LST (landing ship, tank) at Normandy beachhead, summer 1944. (Frank ScherschelTime & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Ruins of a town in northwestern France, summer 1944. (Frank ScherschelTime & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

American troops, northwestern France, summer 1944. (Frank ScherschelTime & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Ruined tank near St. Gilles (or perhaps Hambye), France, 1944. (Frank ScherschelTime & Life Pictures/Getty Images)