Normandy American Heroes Blog | WWII 8th Infantry Regiment

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

Village of Raffoville in the swamps taken by the 4th Infantry Division

Lieutenant Colonel Erasmus H. Strickland: “The way those people were dug in, the only way we could do anything to them was to get a direct hit on each individual hole. But we couldn’t see them on that trail while they

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII 4th Infantry Division, WWII 22nd Infantry Regiment, WWII 8th Infantry Regiment, WWII 12th Infantry Regiment, Infantry

The taking of the only deep sea harbor in Normandy, Cherbourg

B26 Martin Marauder flying above Cherbourg just after D-Day bombing of Utah beach

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 1st US Army, WWII 4th Infantry Division, WWII 22nd Infantry Regiment, WWII 8th Infantry Regiment, WWII 12th Infantry Regiment, WWII 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion, WWII Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Junior, General Friedrich Karl A. Dollmann, USA, Third Reich, France, Vichy Regime of Marshal Petain, Normandy

87th Chemical Mortar Battalion: A life saving support for infantrymen

Utah beach - Normandy American Heroes SUV The 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion participated in the taking of the Cotentin Peninsula and Cherbourg harbor.

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 101st Airborne Division, WWII Atlantic Wall, WWII 1st US Army Assault Training Center, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII 4th Infantry Division, WWII 22nd Infantry Regiment, WWII 8th Infantry Regiment, WWII 12th Infantry Regiment, WWII Duplex Drive Amphibious DD tank, WWII 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion, WWII 9th Infantry Division, WWII 82nd Infantry Division, England, General Friedrich Karl A. Dollmann, Slapton Sands, USA, Normandy Azeville German Battery, Third Reich, France, Normandy Azeville Battery, US Navy, General Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben, Saunton Sands Beach, Normandy

Objective Utah Beach: Tare Green and Uncle Red

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Topics: World War 2, WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII 4th Infantry Division, WWII 22nd Infantry Regiment, WWII 8th Infantry Regiment, WWII 12th Infantry Regiment, US Coast Guards, LST Landing Ship Tanks, Infantry, LCVP Higgins barge, US Navy

The American Actors of D-Day

The American-led invasion of Normandy on D-Day was a complicated affair. In this post, we explore the different branches of the American military and how they worked together to defeat Axis forces on that infamous day

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 101st Airborne Division, WWII Atlantic Wall, WWII 115th Infantry Regiment, 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, WWII 1st Infantry Division, WWII 16th Infantry Regiment, WWII Duplex Drive Amphibious DD tank, WWII Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Junior, WWII Bombardier B-26 Martin Marauder, WWII Eighth Air Force, WWII Douglas C-47 Skytrain - Dakota, WWII Combat Medic, US Coast Guards, USA, LST Landing Ship Tanks, Normandy Azeville German Battery, Infantry, Third Reich, France, LCVP Higgins barge, Normandy Azeville Battery, US Navy, Rangers, Field Marshal Johannes Rommel, Normandy