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Moved in very fast, every house + tree loaded with men, they fire on you from all directions... Will get on to them soon then they will catch hell.
-- Lt. Sidney J. Montz, who landed on Utah Beach, in his diary, June 6, 1944
Utah Beach
More than 20,000 Americans landed on Utah Beach. Another 10,000 parachuted into the fields and villages beyond.
Their goal was to secure the nearby port of Cherbourg, soon to become a major port of entry for millions of Allied troops and tons of war materiel. |