Destination Normandy: Three American Regiments on D-DayBennett collects oral histories from men of three United States regiments that participated in the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment was the most widely scattered of the American parachute infantry regiments to be dropped on D-Day. However, the efforts of 180 men to stop the advance of an SS Panzer Grenadier division largely have been ignored outside of France. The 116th Infantry Regiment received the highest number of casualties on Omaha Beach of any Allied unit on D-Day. Stationed in England through most of the war, it had been the butt of jokes while other regiments did the fighting and dying in North Africa and the Mediterranean; that changed on June 6, 1944. And the 22nd Infantry Regiment, a unit that had fought in almost every campaign waged by the U.S. Army since 1812, came ashore on Utah Beach quite easily before getting embroiled in a series of savage fights to cross the marshland behind the beach and to capture the German heavy batteries to the north. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 14
... rifle companies ( 1st Battalion- A , B , C , D ; 2nd Battalion - E , F , G , H ; 3rd Battalion - I , K , L , M ) . The rifle com- panies were the primary combat unit of the American infantry . Below company level were 41 - men platoons ...
... rifle , together with the flamethrower's pack , and rifle , his LCA was swamped by a large wave : Suddenly a swirl of water wrapped around my ankles and the front of the craft dipped down . The water quickly reached our waists , and we ...
... rifle fire back and forth . I saw what was happening as they moved along . My German interpreter was with me . We ran and hollered to them and he yelled to the enemy in German . I ran on top of the sand dune . There I picked up an M - 1 ...
Contents
Operation Bolero and the Clash of Cultures | 1 |
Three Regiments and the Mind of the | 7 |
Early Training and the Buildup to June 6 1944 | 19 |
Copyright | |
15 other sections not shown