St. Hilaire Du Harcouet's church in Normandy, France, on Aug. 13, 1944, left, and right, a view of the same location on May 8, 2019

U.S. troops passing through the town of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont as they push forward in France, June 1944, top, and below, a view of the same location on May 9, 2019.

A British soldier walking in the streets of captured Argentan, in Normandy, France on Sept. 11, 1944, top, and below, a view of the same location on May 8, 2019.

The causeway leading from the mainland of Brittany to the famous tourist attraction of Mont-St-Michel in Normandy on Aug. 8, 1944, top, and below, a view of the same location on May 8, 2019

Valognes on Oct. 7, 1944, top, and below, a view of the same location 75 years later on May 9, 2019

St. Lo, France, July 23, 1944, top, and below, a view of the same location on May 8, 2019

Inhabitants of La Haye Du Puits in Normandy, France, on July 14, 1944, returning to their home town, top, and below, a view of the same location on May 10, 2019

Omaha Beach in June 1944, during Operation Overlord, the code name for the Allied invasion at the Normandy coast in France during World War II, top, and below, a view of the same location on May 9, 2019

St. Hilaire Du Harcouet's church in Normandy, France, on Aug. 13, 1944, top, and below, a view of the same location on May 8, 2019.

Pont-L'Eveque, in the Normandy region of France, in August 1944, top, and below, a view of the same location on May 10, 2019.