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...clear thinking was replacing some of our fear, and many of us accepted the fact that we had to get off the beach. Word was passed that a small draw providing access up the bluff had been found and that attempts were being made to blow up the barbed wire with bangalore torpedoes and find a way up through the mines. As I started up, I saw the white tape marking a safe path through the mines, and I also saw the price paid to mark that path for us. Several G.I.s had been blown to death, and another, still...
...FIELD OPPOSITE, WE SAW THE MOST TERRIBLE CARNAGE. THERE WERE GLIDERS UPENDED ON THE POSTS AND DEAD MEN EVERYWHERE." --John Kite Kite, 23, a special-forces sergeant in the British army, took part in the assault on Juno Beach...
...went into the water and luckily were able to touch bottom. We could see an 8 ft. wall on which the engineers had put up wire mesh for us to climb. We waded through the water, avoiding mines, and my platoon eventually got to the beach. Jim, my other sergeant, took the men up the sand dunes and over the wall, whilst I reported to the beach master the number of troops I had brought ashore and my code number. He said thank you, get off this beach ... quickly...
Operation Overlord was not over on D-day. With astonishing speed, the stage managers of the operation moved tons of materials onto the Allied beachhead, building floating docks to receive thousands of tons more. Even Omaha Beach was a vast and busy port by June 9. D-day had made an Allied victory inevitable. To be more precise, the men of the invading force had made an Allied victory inevitable. Here are their patriotic voices, recalling the day they--and world history--will never forget...
...George, there it was, all laid out with ribbons leading from our base to a point on the English coast. From there, the ribbons led to the French coast, then along the coast to the drop zone described as Utah Beach. Someone asked if we could expect much fighter opposition over the target. The colonel answered that one very simply by saying, "There will be approximately 3,500 Allied fighters over the beach this morning." That brought a big sigh of relief from the group...