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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... felt that it had done its share of fighting and dying while the 4th and 29th infantry regiments had enjoyed an easier life in the United States and England . The GI also enjoyed an interesting relationship with God . One 82nd trooper ...
... felt that he was far from ready but soon found himself caught up in the routine of training : Within a few weeks the four platoons of A Company were reorganized into six boat teams . I felt gloomier than ever , but the boys were right ...
... felt forced to take sides , usually with the black GI . British disapproval became even more evident when white GIs were involved in violence against some of the empire's citizens of color , who had flocked to Britain in her hour of ...
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 | |
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