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186 documents for “Vierville”.
Witness accounts · Allied servicemen and correspondents
Sergeant Bill Presley’s account describes reaching the sea wall with a small group and using a recovered radio to request naval fire on a rocket battery.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
Company C/116’s landing on Dog White is examined through photographs and commentary describing its arrival east of the intended Dog Green sector on D-Day.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Allied servicemen and correspondents
Sergeant Robert Slaughter recalls the approach to Omaha Beach with Company D/116, including shellfire and an argument over taking the loaded craft closer to shore.
Read the document →The landings · The advance inland
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.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Allied servicemen and correspondents
Captain Robert Walker recounts leaving the burning LCI 91 and climbing inland alone, finding equipment on the way and giving water to a wounded German soldier.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Allied servicemen and correspondents
Sergeant Dube recalls the night of 6–7 June and the German counterattack, with a sketch of a bivouac field whose exact location remains uncertain.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
The de Loÿs family's memories describe events at Gruchy château around 7 June, with an editorial note explaining the uncertainty in dating an encounter.
Read the document →Places · Saint-Laurent and Le Ruquet
The dossier locates WN 69 in Saint-Laurent and describes command posts, road barriers, buried communications and rocket-launcher positions nearby.
Read the document →Places · Saint-Laurent and Le Ruquet
Photographs show wrecked craft, vehicles, debris and casualties near Le Ruquet after the first day's landings, with uncertainty retained in several dates.
Read the document →Places · Colleville-sur-Mer
Plans and commentary examine WN 61 on Colleville beach, its flanking gun positions and the cautiously reconstructed details of its weapons and garrison.
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 →After D-Day · The harbour and supplies
Diagrams and photographs explain the Lobnitz floating pierheads, their use for unloading LSTs and the condition of the structures after the June storm.
Read the document →After D-Day · The harbour and supplies
Plans and photographs follow the Whale floating roadways and Beetle supports, from cross-Channel towing and installation to the damage left by the June storm.
Read the document →After D-Day · The harbour and supplies
Plans, photographs and an account of the storm of 19–22 June explain damage to Mulberry A, Gooseberry and vessels caught off Omaha Beach.
Read the document →After D-Day · The harbour and supplies
Photographs show Seabee workshops, repair pontoons, tugs and salvage work, documenting the maintenance needed to keep Omaha's unloading craft and equipment operating.
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.
Read the document →Places · Pointe du Hoc and surroundings
Plans and photographs document A1 airfield near Saint-Pierre-du-Mont and Englesqueville, with construction dates, technical details and a local press account.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Canon Bertreux's account describes the battle of Trévières, with bombardment, fires, civilian flight, casualties and efforts to care for the wounded.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Organisation of the forces
A detailed order of battle lists German infantry and artillery formations, commanders, headquarters and positions associated with the Omaha Beach area.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
Ship lists, loading information and plans show how assault troops were carried towards Omaha Beach aboard transports and transferred into smaller landing craft.
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