An American Soldier in the D-Day Invasion
-Meteorological office; 24 hrs of settled weather.
-General Eisenhower; sailed into the English Channel.
-Piccadilly Circus.
-Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword.
-My unit, American First Infantry set to land on Omaha.
-6;30, we landed on Omaha.
-came under German fire from the Atlantic Wall.
-Not the most suitable place; sandy and surrounded by cliffs.
-The first wave of landings were mostly killed.
-Major General Huebner considered evacuating.
-However, with support from the air we secured a bridgehead.