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Maps & archives · Reports and documents
The commanding officer’s report dated 10 June 1944 records LCI 91’s participation in Operation Neptune, from departure at Weymouth to its Dog White landing attempt.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
The destruction of LCI 92 is traced through its arrival near the Dog White–Dog Red boundary, the fire aboard and later photographs of its wreck.
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Coast Guardsman Seth Shepard’s English account describes the loss of LCI 92 and the crew’s experience on the Normandy beach after abandoning the burning ship.
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The account of LCI 84 follows a landing attempt on Dog White and the decision to pull away, with recollections by Coast Guard mechanic Charles Jarreau.
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An operational report describes the 121st Engineer Battalion’s scattered landings, initial losses and efforts to regroup before carrying out its assigned tasks.
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Photographs and commentary examine artillery intended for Vierville, including tracked M7 howitzers, anti-aircraft weapons, short 105 mm guns and anti-tank guns.
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A synthesis follows the routes up the cliffs, the entry into Vierville and the reduction of German coastal positions during the morning of 6 June.
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The German view of the morning fighting is assembled from unit positions, remembered staff sketches and commentary on command arrangements around Vierville and Omaha Beach.
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A telephone-message log records reports sent and received by the German 352nd Infantry Division as the Normandy landings developed on 6 June 1944.
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Private Wegner’s recollections place a German machine-gunner near WN72 at Vierville as troops watched the Channel and prepared for a possible Allied landing.
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Naval support during the fighting for Vierville is examined through the participating ships, close-support craft and the practical difficulty of identifying targets ashore.
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The organisation and assignments of Navy Shore Fire Control Parties are explained, including the teams linking units at Vierville with their supporting warships.
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The opening hours of the assault are considered from the offshore headquarters aboard USS Ancon and USS Augusta, where reliable information from the beach was scarce.
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Photographs taken from offshore show landing craft, DUKWs, waiting ships, troop transfers and rescue activity around Omaha Beach during the morning and around midday.
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Michel Hardelay recounts the arrival of the first American soldiers in Vierville, with sketches and photographs locating houses, shops and streets in his account.
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Marguerite Dubois and her daughter Jeanine recall the first American soldiers passing their farm west of Vierville, after watching the crowded sea and seeking shelter.
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Schoolteacher Victorine Houyvet recalls an unexpected encounter with an American soldier at the Vierville school after a sleepless night of bombardment on 6 June.
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Bernard Lecornichon recalls bombardment, family shelter and an encounter with American soldiers near Vierville, drawing on his experience as a nine-year-old child in 1944.
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Madame Ygouf describes leaving her home at Les Isles with her children and household, then sheltering through the bombardment and fighting around Vierville.
Read the document →The landings · The advance inland
The action around WN73 follows Company C of the 2nd Ranger Battalion from the beach to the cliff-top positions around the Gambier house on 6 June.
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