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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1944
Page
4
Article describes a concrete fort near the main beach with a Nazi 4 inch gun protruding and shells intact. An officer who landed on D-day recalls the gun firing, then ceasing as troops captured the fort. The fort served as Colonel Kuhre’s headquarters for several days after the landings.
A reporter recalls the first hundred days after the invasion with vast supply flows and hundreds of thousands of troops landing. He notes Red Cross nurses aiding the beach medical staff and visits a cemetery near Cherbourg where 4350 white crosses mark the fallen, including Leslie J. McNair.
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