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11 documents pour « Dube ».
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.
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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.
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Sergeant Dube continues his account of fighting near Vierville on 7 June, with photographs of the Manoir de Than and a description of movement under cover.
Read the document →The landings · The advance inland
The 121st Engineer Battalion’s effort to gather scattered men and explosives is followed through the demolition of the anti-tank wall blocking the Vierville road.
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.
Read the document →After D-Day · 7 June and reinforcements
Accounts describe the capture of American engineers near L'Ormel on 7 June and the concern caused in Vierville by the early German counterattack.
Read the document →The landings · The advance inland
The 147th Engineer Battalion’s work at Vierville is examined after heavy losses in the LCI 91 and LCI 92 fires and the dispersal of equipment landings.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Allied servicemen and correspondents
Lieutenant George Itzel’s testimony describes the engineers’ work at Vierville’s anti-tank wall and the delivery of explosives by a bulldozer along the exposed beach.
Read the document →After D-Day · 7 June and reinforcements
Photographs and movement maps document Vierville on the morning of 7 June, with access from the beach, wrecked landing craft and the aftermath of the assault.
Read the document →After D-Day · 7 June and reinforcements
The dossier follows fighting and clearance operations around Vierville, Saint-Laurent and the cliffs on 7 June, with movements, positions and prisoners.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Michel Hardelay describes Vierville from 9 June onwards, with an account involving the damaged church tower and views of the village crossroads.
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