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. |
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... aided in carrying the enemy positions . Distinguished Service Cross , GO 29 , HQ , First United States Army , June 29 , 1944 . T / 4 ELMER G. SHINDLE , 33494073 ; after the craft in which he came ashore in initial assault on coast of ...
... aided in assault of beach and forti- fied positions . Bronze Star , GO 54 , July 17 . Pfs WELFORD D. HUDGINS , 33054233 ; aided in successful initial assault . Bronze Star , GO 54 , July 17 . PFC LESTER RICHARDSON , 33046936 ; aided ...
... aided wounded men . Bronze Star , GO 60 , July 23 . PFC JOSEPH F. DEGREGORIO , 32329545 ; saved wounded men from death or further injury . Bronze Star , GO 60 , July 23 . PFC DANIEL O. DILLON , 20365063 ; displayed unusual courage ...
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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 | |
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