"Normandy- Sea Transport Officers in Battle of the Build Up. June 1944, Thousands of Tons of Merchant Shipping Are Discharging Their Cargoes in the Normandy Beaches Under the Directions of Sea Transport Officers. These Officers Are Naval Officers Lent by the Navy To the Ministry of Transport For the Purpose of Moving Armies and Supplies From a To B in Merchant Ships on the Beachhead." Assorted cargo, hoisted from the hold of a merchant ship off the Normandy coast, is loaded into a lighter for transport to the beaches.