Buying The Farm

The U.S. 175th Infantry Regiment was to spearhead the 29th Infantry Division's advance on Isigny; and Company A was to lead the 175th. Lieutenant John Allsup was not at all pleased with his company's role, and he was barely encouraged by the assignment of five Shermans from the 747th …

1944-06-08

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The U.S. 175th Infantry Regiment was to spearhead the 29th Infantry Division's advance on Isigny; and Company A was to lead the 175th. Lieutenant John Allsup was not at all pleased with his company's role, and he was barely encouraged by the assignment of five Shermans from the 747th Tank Battalion of support his boys. But with the experienced tanker Lt. Erickson in the lead tank "Daisy", the column made good time and by 0800 was past La Cambe and had yet to encounter any opposition. Suddenly, machineguns opened up to the right and slugs went skipping off the pavement.

LaCambe, France

Omaha, commonly known as Omaha Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, during World War II. "Omaha" refers to an 8-kilometer (5 mi) section of the coast of Normandy, France, facing the English Channel, from east of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to west of Vierville-sur-Mer on the right bank of the Douve River estuary. Landings here were necessary to link the British landings to the east at Gold with the American landing to the west at Utah, thus providing a continuous lodgement on the Normandy coast of the Bay of the Seine. Taking Omaha was to be the responsibility of United States Army troops, with sea transport, mine sweeping, and a naval bombardment force provided predominantly by the United States Navy and Coast Guard, with contributions from the British, Canadian, and Free French navies.

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