High noon on D Day

[iambrb]

So it’s juuuust shy of 12PM EST. Here’s how it was on D-Day;


How it was in 1944:

11:45
– Omaha Beach: the 1st battalion of the 18th Infantry Regiment (1st US Infantry Division) has landed.


11:58
– The 726th German Grenadier Regiment reported that three landing craft were destroyed in the port of Port-en-Bessin.


12:00
– Utah Beach: 4 beach exit routes (causeways) are controlled by paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division.


– Utah Beach: the 2nd battalion of the 8th RCT enters Poupeville.


– Utah Beach: Dog Company of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment reaches the village of Angoville.


– Pointe du Hoc: the last 6 defenders of the observation post surrender to the American Rangers.


– Pointe du Hoc: Colonel Rudder sends Morse the message “Arrived at Pointe du Hoc. Mission completed, urgent need of ammunition and reinforcements. Many losses.”


– Omaha Beach: due to the lack of ammunition, the Houtteville battery (4,500 meters from the beach, near Colleville-sur-Mer) refuses to execute a gun salvo fire order against the landing craft on approach. The battery only fires with one 105 mm gun after the other.


– Churchill delivers his speech in the House of Commons, informing the British deputies of the liberation of Rome and the beginning of the Normandy landings.

 

[moon puppy]

Hmm, no D Day google doodle. If you ask why AI says
"Google does not create D-Day logos, as their policy reserves illustrative Doodles for positive milestones"

OK, not making this political.

Remember that Theodore Roosevelt III (Jr), at 56 years old, was the oldest soldier to land on D-Day, of course he was the son of President Theodore Roosevelt who of course would have earned this claim if he had survived till 1944 ( ). General Roosevelt died of a heart attack on july 12, still in the battle area in France.

 

[moon puppy]

Shamelessly copied

I remember the 45th anniversary where this cartoon was the only mention in our local rag of a newspaper. I canceled my subscription when the editor told me "We only print what comes down the wire.".