The National Archives and Records Administration’s work to catalogue millions of photos from World War II has spanned decades.

“The Second World War was documented on a huge scale by thousands of photographers and artists who created millions of pictures,” the agency stated on its website.

The growing image archive continues to reveal fascinating details about the war effort, including more lighthearted moments illustrated through still images.

One such photo shows Starrville native First Sgt. James Dozier wrangling horses on an air field in England.

The military photographer’s caption reads, “These quiet British fields were recently transformed for a day into a rodeo arena, when wild horses and cattle had to be moved to make way for a new Air Service Command base.”

Dozier is pictured standing in a jeep, lassoing a horse.

The photo was taken in April 1944, as the Ninth Air Force helped prepare for the impending invasion of Normandy, France, just across the English Channel.

Allied aircraft would soon take position in England for the coastal landings that began on June 6.

Dozier’s 410th Bombardment Group was involved in “assaulting coastal defenses, airfields, and V-weapon sites in France, and marshaling yards in France and Belgium,” according to the Army Air Corps Library and Museum. “{It} supported the invasion in June by bombing gun positions and railway choke points.”

According to his 1997 obituary, Dozier later served in the Korean Conflict.