First Wave at Omaha Beach (D-Day)

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/

Posted by Nicholas at 11:55 P.M.
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.

Sunday, June 7, 2020 at 1:18:00 P.M. EDT

By jeigheff Sunday, June 7, 2020 at 4:41:00 P.M. EDT

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

N.S.: My pleasure, Jeigheff

 

Nicholas at 6:25 A.M.

By Anonymous

Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 5:24:00 P.M. EDT “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.

“Some took as long as three hours to cross that one-hundred yards of beach. Extreme fear caused their legs to go out from under them. They had to crawl and managed barely that.”