The 9th Infantry Division commanded by the Major General Manton S. Eddy came ashore on the 10th of June 1944 at Utah Beach, precisely in the sector codenamed “Tare Green”.
It’s mission? Cut the Cotentin Peninsula and capture the city of Cherbourg from the West.
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