The result of the operations of the First U.S. Army during the period covered by Normandy American Heroes new E-book /
Topics: France, Normandy, World War 2, Nazi, France, Normandy, Utah Beach, WWII 101st Airborne Division, Third Reich, France, Normandy, D-Day, Operation Overlord, Operation Neptune, Third Reich, Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, Third Reich, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, Nazi, Führer Adolf Hitler, France, Normandy, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, Normandy, Omaha beach, France, Normandy, Vierville-sur-Mer, France, Normandy, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, France, Normandy American Cemetery, WWII Atlantic Wall, WWII 115th Infantry Regiment, WWII 175th Infantry Regiment, WWII, England, Saunton Sands Beach, WWII 1st US Army Assault Training Center, WWII 29th Infantry Division, WWII 116th Infantry Regiment, WWII, England, Slapton Sands, World War Two, WWII England, Croyde Cliffs, WWII 1st US Army, WWII Engineers Special Brigade, WWII, US Coast Guards, WWII, Infantry, WWII Paratroopers, Operation TIGER, WWII, England, Woolacombe Beach, WWII, US Navy, WWII, USA, Rangers, WWII, LST Landing Ship Tanks, WWII 4th Infantry Division, WWII 22nd Infantry Regiment, France, Normandy, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, France, Normandy, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, WWII 8th Infantry Regiment, WWII 12th Infantry Regiment, France, Normandy, La Madeleine hamlet, 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Regiment, DD tank, Duplex Drive Amphibious Tank, Major General Charles Hunter Gerhardt, Saint Lo, Movie Saving Private Ryan, WWII, 9th Infantry Division, Crisbecq Battery, Wehrmacht, General Joseph Lawton Collins, Cotentin Peninsula, Tank Destroyers, 82nd Airborne Division, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Luftwaffe, B-26 Martin Marauder, P-47 Thunderbolt, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Ninth Air Force, Eighth Air Force, USAAF, Lieutenant Colonel Leon Vance, MOH recipient, USS Nevada, Movie The Longest Day, Field Marshal Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel, General de Gaulle, Azeville Battery, Carentan-les-Marais, General Charles Hunter Gerhardt, 5th Rangers Battalion, Operation Cobra, Brittany American Cemetery, 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, 82nd Infantry Division, Port-en-Bessin PLUTO line, Medal of Honor, Matt Urban, Medal of Honor recipient, 60th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division, Montebourg, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Junior, France, Normandy, Barneville-Carteret, France, Normandy, Acqueville, WWII Normandy Fort des Couplets - Cherbourg, WWII Normandy Arsenal of Cherbourg, Major General R. Sattler 2nd in command Cherbourg, France, Normandy, Le Cap de la Hague, France, Normandy, Fort of Greville-Hague, France, Normandy, Fort Hameau de Gruchy, France, Normandy, Cap de la Hague Peninsula, France, Normandy, Beaumont-Hague, France, Normandy, Le Nez de Jobourg, France, Normandy, Auderville la Haye, WWII 5th Rangers Battalion, WWII General Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, Third Reich Panzer Lehr Division, WWII Lieutenant General Lesley James McNair, France, Normandy 100 days campaign, Battle of Normandy, France, Normandy, Saint-Germain-de-Varreville, France, Normandy, Battle of the Hedgerows, France, Normandy, Village of Raffoville, WWII President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
In February 1979 came a call from Chief Warrant Officer Carl Hansen of the Awards Office in the Pentagon. “Colonel Urban, I have some great news for you!
Topics: France, Normandy, World War 2, Nazi, France, Normandy, Utah Beach, Third Reich, Nazi, Waffen SS, Third Reich, Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, Third Reich, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, Nazi, Führer Adolf Hitler, France, Normandy American Cemetery, WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII, US Navy, Major General Charles Hunter Gerhardt, Saint Lo, WWII, 9th Infantry Division, Wehrmacht, Cherbourg, 39th Infantry Regiment, UNESCO World Heritage, 82nd Airborne Division, Royal Air Force (RAF), Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Paul Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, Arthur Harris, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF Bomber Command, Ninth Air Force, Eighth Air Force, USAAF, Operation TORCH, Field Marshal Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel, Combat Medic, Battlefield Medicine, Medics, Operation Cobra, Brittany American Cemetery, 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, Medal of Honor, Matt Urban, 1940 Selective Training and Service Act, 3rd US Army camp Néhou, Normandy, 47th Infantry Regiment, Agent Garbo, The White House, Medal of Honor recipient, Operation Husky, Fort Bragg, 60th Infantry Regiment, National Archives
Also known as “The capital of ruins” (95% of the city was destroyed) the city of Saint Lô was a strategic crossroad for the Germans and the Americans. Whoever held
Topics: France, Normandy, World War 2, Nazi, Third Reich, Nazi, Waffen SS, Third Reich, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, Nazi, Führer Adolf Hitler, France, Normandy American Cemetery, WWII 115th Infantry Regiment, WWII 175th Infantry Regiment, WWII 29th Infantry Division, WWII 116th Infantry Regiment, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII, Infantry, Major General Charles Hunter Gerhardt, Saint Lo, Task Force C of the 29th Infantry Division, Movie Saving Private Ryan, The Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Normandy American Heroes provides custom World War II tours of Normandy and beyond On our blog, we write about World War II, things to do in Normandy and much more.
© 2020 Normandy American Heroes
