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98 documents for “Saint-Laurent”.
The landings · The crossing and the landings
The landing of Company C, 2nd Ranger Battalion, is examined through its intended route, arrival near WN73 and the severe losses suffered below the Gambier house.
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The heavy-weapons company of the 116th Infantry’s 1st Battalion is followed through scattered landings, lost equipment and substantial casualties on Dog Green and Dog White.
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The 5th Ranger Battalion’s arrival on Dog White is described after its offshore wait for a signal to reinforce the assault at Pointe du Hoc.
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Officers of Company B, 147th Engineer Battalion, describe its Dog White beach assignment, transport arrangements and the disrupted arrival of personnel and equipment.
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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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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.
Read the document →The landings · The advance inland
Photographs taken from offshore show landing craft, DUKWs, waiting ships, troop transfers and rescue activity around Omaha Beach during the morning and around midday.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
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 →Witness accounts · Allied servicemen and correspondents
Sergeant Dube of the 121st Engineers recounts his approach to Vierville and the work associated with demolishing the anti-tank wall in the first part of his testimony.
Read the document →The landings · The afternoon and evening of 6 June
A dossier on engineers at Vierville links the work on the beach with photographs of wrecks and casualties, many of which are probably dated 7 June.
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Charles Lepelletier recalls 7 June at Englesqueville and a journey to Vierville, with uncertainty over the date of his search for an American doctor.
Read the document →Places · Colleville-sur-Mer
Maps and commentary explain Allied plans for Colleville, linking the Fox Green and eastern Easy Red sectors with beach exits and German strongpoints.
Read the document →After D-Day · Casualties, prisoners and cemeteries
Photographs show German prisoners at Omaha Beach, including assembly, searches, movement and work details, with several captions retaining uncertainty.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Michel Hardelay recalls exploring Vierville on 8 June, alone and with Captain Gardiner, amid air alerts, harbour construction and the aftermath of the fighting.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Michel Hardelay recounts a visit to the Manoir de Than and Le Vaumicel with Captain Gardiner on 8 June, with photographs and notes on the German positions.
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Michel Hardelay recalls travelling towards Vacqueville on the afternoon of 8 June, searching for a borrowed bicycle and observing the consequences of the fighting.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Maps and aerial views
Aerial photographs dated 28 August 1947 show Omaha Beach with harbour wrecks, blockships, causeways and the cemetery still visible in the post-war landscape.
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