Saturday, June 06, 2020

First Wave at Omaha Beach

Thu, Jun 6, 2019 9:39 a.m.

A colleague writes,

An article well worth reading on this day of remembrance.

First Wave at Omaha Beach

An account of the "epic human tragedy" that unfolded when Allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy on D-Day

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1960/11/first-wave-at-omaha-beach/303365/



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Men jumping off landing craft into five to six feet of water. Weight of eighty pounds they were carrying instantly doubled. Men who had trained to cross 100 yards of beach in twenty seconds taking three hours in such a sodden condition, even when not under fire.

jeigheff said...

Thanks for sharing this with us, Nicholas. Those guys went through hell on earth.