ETE4839986: Preparation for the debarkage in Normandy on June 6, 1944 (D Day or D Day): American Under Secretary of State Edward Stettinius Jr (1900-1949) inspects an air base of the 9th USAF (United States Air Force) in Great Britain, where he is presented with a survival canoe equipped with fighter pilots. Photography beginning 1944. / Bridgeman Images