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OMAHA BEACHHEAD, 1944

V CORPS D-DAY OPERATIONS, 57
6 June 1944

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Key
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SCALE OF YARDS HISTORY DEPARTMENT
USMA Frank Martini

First gaps in obstacles

Main positions at close of
I I I I I I I I I D-Day
C 2 RNG. A 116 G 116 F 116 E 116 E 16 F 16 I 16 L 16 Infantry positions at close
CHARLIE of D-Day
DOG GREEN DOG WHITE DOG RED EASY GREN EASY RED FOX GREEN German resistance at close
of D-Day
C I Main German resistance at
I
2 RN A 116 16 close of D-Day
G. 116
Note: 16th. 18th and 26th Infantry
I I
G 116 Regiments were from the 1st Division;
F 116 I
E (-) 16 the 115th and 116th were from the
I
... ...
I 29th Division. 16
... E (-) ... 116 I
II E 116 E 116 E 16 F (-) I
I
L 16
RNG. 16 F 16
(Intermingled)
III

116 ( 4 gaps in obstacles

Part) III III
III
115 18 III
26
III
18
2 2
III
Vierville 116 (Pa III 16 (Part)
rt) 16 (Part)
I
C 116 Hamel-
Au-Pretre
Les Moulins
II
5 RNG.
II
2 RNG. (-)

II
1 26 II
1 16
Chateau II
3 (4) 116
II de Vaumicel Cabourg
116 (-) Exit road
Le Gd. Hameau
opened in afternoon.
St. Laurent
II
3 115
II
2 115
3 II 3
2 26
Louvieres
II II Colleville Sur Mer
Vacueville II 3 26 II 2 16
1 115 II 1 18
3 8

II
1 16 II
2 18

Digrammatic cross section

of
OMAHA BEACH
4 4
100’ - 170’

H.W. This map is a composite of a number of charts

Shelf 200 yards
18’ Shingle in the excellent publication of the Center For
L.W. few yards
300 yards Military History, Department of the Army;
wide Sand dunes or sea wall
Gordon A. Harrison, Cross Channel Attack.

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