European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse O Cherbourg 1 Utah / us 7th corps. Mere 6g o o o us 2nd rage run Poi both of fz3grandcamp Soi Maisy Vervilles Mer Omaha us 5th corps . 1st inf div . 29th inf div to i Omaha Beach in. St. Laurent Smer j4i" f �v5l Pitt a Cambol port in Bessin care Tan Signy Smer 10 si.l6 Miles Normandy guide continued from i Ige 15 German gun that remains basically the construction of these guns on the 200-foot Cliffs began in september 1943 and eventually held four 152 my guns in Concrete boxes. On the Cliff Edge was the two Story aiming Post but in Une 1944 the View was blocked because the Earth from the construction had not been moved away. The Battery was also equipped with searchlights and protective anti aircraft guns. The allies dropped 1,500 bombs on the area but this did not prevent the guns from being the Only to return the fire of the ships on june b. The ships landed 179 shells on and around the Battery and two of the guns suffered direct hits. The Battery was silenced at about 8 45 . Omaha Beach covered in detail elsewhere in this Magazine. Bloody Omaha 15 minutes from the chaos More than deserved its nickname t Anding Craft brought thousands of soldiers ashore. I or Many of them it was their final trip. An american cemetery Caiby is the i resting place of 9,3b& american servicemen. Pointe do hoc fifteen minutes from Wierville just past 1 Ort in Bessin Are the Cliffs of Point do i Loc. On a Day american rangers scaled these vertical Stone Walls while a Hail of gunfire peppered their ranks. T he goal was a gun emplacement that had been blasted by Navy guns and bombs from the air. Eventually the Force of 225 rangers had been reduced to 90 still capable of bearing arms. But the Black result was the discovery that the guns had been removed following an initial shelling. The i tinle do hoc site is Well marked off coastal i Highway d514 just past is. F Here do Mon and before Cra Dcamp Maisy. 16 of files mag be May j8, i98s
