aboard the lci's, the troops prepare to land.ch is still empty and the crossfire of german gun still rakes the shore. out of enemy firing range, the lst's wait to move in until the beaches are cleared. the arrival of motorized equipment marks the end of the first phase of the landing. the lci's, their first loads of men now on the beaches, go out to the transports to carry more men to shore. still waiting beyond gun range the lst's unload supplies on smaller lct's. heavier equipment is transferred to giant rhino ferries flat-bottomed ferries that will unload on the shore. more transports arrive with thousands of men. defeated and disarmed, the first german soldiers captured in france wait until someone has time to evacuate them. out in the channel, the rescue boats of the coast guard are looking for survivors and aiding damaged vessels. the hospital ships are waiting for the wounded. from a damaged coast guard lci a wounded man is transferred to another ship. the life-saving blood plasma goes with him. another coast guard-manned