James Franciscus
Lt. Comdr. Jeffords, R.N.V.R.
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2 days ago · Ted Lombarski, a sergeant in the 16th’s F Company, recalled, “ We were the first wave to hit the beach, Companies E and F of the 16th Infantry. Almost all the tanks that had gone in before us ...
2 days ago · June 6, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. The Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944 — code-named Operation Overlord — was a daunting enterprise and one of the riskiest gambles of World War ...
4 days ago · The troops themselves were seasick from the pitching and rolling of the small boats they were using to get to the beaches from larger ships offshore, and learned upon landing that their arrival ...
1 day ago · Joseph Harris Carpenter. Thu, June 6, 2024, 1:02 PM EDT · 6 min read. Members of E Company of the 16th Infantry Regiment approach the Normandy beaches in the first wave of the D-Day invasion ...
2 days ago · The Normandy landings in France, which began on D-Day, 6 June 1944, involved the largest troop movement in history, but in this article, we focus on the view from civilians directly involved in that momentous day when the Allies sought to liberate Western Europe from occupation by Nazi Germany and end the Second World War (1939-45).
1 day ago · Around 13,000 Allied aircraft, 5,000 ships and boats, and thousands of other vehicles were involved. After D-Day By the end of June, the Allies had seized the key port of Cherbourg, according to ...
1 day ago · June 6, 2024 12:01PM ET. Among the many Allied military units storming the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944, was the 16th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division. Its members ...
