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101st Airborne Division - Operation Neptune: Saint-germain-de-varreville

On the night of June 5th to June 6th, 1944, Operation Neptune was on. The VII Corps commanded by General Joe Collins was assigned to Utah Beach. Contrary to Omaha Beach, the landing on Utah was not only on the sand but

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Topics: WWII 101st Airborne Division, WWII Paratroopers, France, Cotentin Peninsula, Operation Neptune, France, Normandy, D-Day

79th Infantry Division - Cherbourg Campaign: Taking Fort du Roule

The 79th Infantry Division as the other US Infantry Divisions engaged three Infantry Regiments into battle. You have already discovered the story of the 313th Infantry Regiment during the Cherbourg Campaign, now let’s

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 101st Airborne Division, WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII Paratroopers, WWII 4th Infantry Division, Infantry

Bastogne has had a long tradition of giving out nuts!

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 101st Airborne Division, World War Two, WWII Paratroopers, WWII 4th Infantry Division, Green Hell, Hürtgen Forest

WWII Dartmouth Golf Club, Agatha Christie, Blackpool & Slapton Sands!

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 101st Airborne Division, WWII 29th Infantry Division, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII Engineers Special Brigade, WWII Paratroopers, WWII 4th Infantry Division, 1st Infantry Division, WWII, 5th Rangers Battalion, Gastronomy and cuisine, WWII 5th Rangers Battalion, WWII Golf, England, US Coast Guards, Slapton Sands, USA, Infantry, Rangers

Addendum 297th Engineer Battalion - PFC Louis Stevens, first casualty

"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 General Simon Bolivar Buckner Junior

John Canepa and the 297th Engineer Battalion

"Man in front of the man behind the gun"

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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

Some family fun sites in Normandy your children simply can't miss

These are sites off the beaten tracks of tourists that I enjoy with my wife and son and my family in general…the list of course is not exhaustive! To say the least we keep some for ourselves....

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Topics: World War 2, WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII Paratroopers, WWII 4th Infantry Division, Nazi 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, WWII 82nd Infantry Division, USA, Third Reich, France, LCVP Higgins barge, Rangers, Normandy, Normandy Barfleur mussels

1st US Army Assault Training Center and Slapton sands

From the D-Day landing on the 6th of June 1944 to the Victory in Europe signed on the 7th of May 1945 in Reims (France), many of our NOK (Next of Kin) sacrificed their lives so we could continue to live in a free world.

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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 Engineers Special Brigade, WWII Paratroopers, England, US Coast Guards, Slapton Sands, USA, LST Landing Ship Tanks, Croyde Cliffs, Infantry, LCVP Higgins barge, US Navy, Woolacombe Beach, WWII England, Rangers, Saunton Sands Beach

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