TANKS ON OMAHA BEACH By Max Poorthuis · November 29, 2023 The first units scheduled to land on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, were four companies of M4 Duplex Drive (DD) Sherman tanks, which were transported by 16 LCTs (Landing Craft Tank) across the Channel to their designated launch [...]
"The tank then began firing several rounds of canister shot into the roadblock..."
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ERNIE PYLE: VICTORY IN EUROPE By Max Poorthuis · May 6, 2020 For many journalists, Ernie Pyle continues to be an icon of excellence decades after his death. By the end of 1944 his columns appeared in over three hundred newspapers, and he was among the best-known American war correspondents. [...]
The taking of Widerstandnest 60, looming over the Fox Red sector, Omaha Beach.
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