Normandy American Heroes Blog

Railroad Battery of Auderville La Haye, west of the Cotentin Peninsula

The Atlantic wall imagined by Adolf Hitler was a series of strongpoints some larger and more armed than others and stretched from Norway all along the coast passing through the Netherlands, Belgium, France all the way

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, Infantry

John Canepa and the 297th Engineer Battalion

"Man in front of the man behind the gun"

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Topics: World War 2, WWII Atlantic Wall, WWII 1st US Army Assault Training Center, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII Engineers Special Brigade, WWII Paratroopers, WWII 4th Infantry Division, WWII 1st Lieutenant John Michael Canepa

I had a dream...follow the footsteps of my NOK & that dream came true!

Have you always dreamed to follow the footsteps of your next of kin while taking the opportunity to discover the European Heritage sites, the local history, culture and gastronomy and stay in unique places?

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, Infantry

79th Calvary Reconnaissance troop along the Portbail - Granville coast

Calvary Reconnaissance Troop Mission: The Calvary Reconnaissance Troop, mechanized, infantry division, is organized, equipped and trained to perform reconnaissance missions. It is the mobile reconnaissance element

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII, Operation Cobra, 79th Infantry Division, WWII 79th Infantry Division, WWII 79th Reconnaissance Troops

D-Day to August 1, 1944, First U.S. Army learned 13 tactical lessons!

The result of the operations of the First U.S. Army during the period covered by Normandy American Heroes new E-book / Hardcover: - First United States Army Cross Channel Attack Operations (October 1943 – August 1944)

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 101st Airborne Division, WWII Atlantic Wall, WWII 115th Infantry Regiment, WWII 175th Infantry Regiment, WWII 1st US Army Assault Training Center, WWII 29th Infantry Division, WWII 116th Infantry Regiment, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII Engineers Special Brigade, WWII Paratroopers, WWII 4th Infantry Division, WWII 22nd Infantry Regiment, WWII 8th Infantry Regiment, WWII 12th Infantry Regiment, Matt Urban, England, US Coast Guards, Slapton Sands, USA, LST Landing Ship Tanks, Croyde Cliffs, Infantry, France, US Navy, Woolacombe Beach, Saint-Germain-de-Varreville, WWII England, MOH recipient, Rangers, Lieutenant Colonel Leon Vance, Saunton Sands Beach, Medal of Honor, Normandy

Tora! Tora! Tora! Surprise was total for 2,403 victims of Japan attack

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, US Coast Guards, US Navy, WWII Japan Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister

26th Field Artillery Battalion Courage and Action in Operation Lüttich

During the early days of the month of August 1944, the 9th Infantry Division was fighting southeast toward the village of Saint-Pois (D-33 / D-39) with only two of its regiments. The 47th Infantry Regiment and the 60th

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII 4th Infantry Division, WWII, 9th Infantry Division, 39th Infantry Regiment, Operation Wacht am Rhein, 47th Infantry Regiment, 60th Infantry Regiment, WWII General Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, WWII Hawker Typhoon fighter bomber, WWII 3rd US Army, WWII 26th Field Artillery Battalion, Infantry

Operation Cobra, the 9th Infantry Division Breakthrough into Normandy

More than one month and a half after D-Day, the American troops succeeded to create and to maintain a bridgehead in Normandy, which was the first step of their undertaking.

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII 4th Infantry Division, Saint Lo, WWII, 9th Infantry Division, 39th Infantry Regiment, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, B-26 Martin Marauder, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-51 Mustang, Ninth Air Force, Eighth Air Force, USAAF, Field Marshal Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel, Operation Cobra, Brittany American Cemetery, 47th Infantry Regiment, 60th Infantry Regiment, WWII General Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, WWII Lieutenant General Lesley James McNair, Matt Urban, Infantry, Medal of Honor

The Nez of Jobourg, one of the highest cliffs of Europe at 128 meters!

Nez de Jobourg On the 29th of June 1944, after the fall of Cherbourg, the remaining Germans who still thought they had a chance to defeat the American troops attempted to stop the American’s advance at the West of the

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Topics: World War 2, WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, Infantry