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Middletown Journal in Middletown, Ohio

06 Jun 1969

Page 6

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Middletown Journal

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Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1969

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6

A Day to Remember D Day Fourth Invasion Night

An SSist Engineer Shore Regiment veteran recalls D Day landings in Algeria Sicily and Salerno. He details nerves about invasion day butterflies and the moment he landed on Utah Beach with his unit facing 88mm guns barbed wire and shelling. Roosevelt appears on the shore and confirms the misplacement of their landing site.

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Algeria Sicily Itay Salerno Straits of Gibraltar U. S. Navy Peter Chappars France Italy Channel Plymouth England Alfred de Simon Mevagissy St. Austel Cornwall 531St Engineer Shore Regiment Steve Olle Steve Olle Porte Aux Poules Teddy Roosevelt Les Adalouses
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Roosevelt orders inland assault at the beach siege

Officers arrived directing actions as Gen Roosevelt urges an advance to a beach line. Capt Griffin and Capt Horney set up beach segments while sergeants and battalion officers provide leadership. Signal corps wire teams locate gun positions, CP moves, and a growing, but still perilous, shore fortification forms near the seawall with communications expanding.

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Steve MacDonald Red Cross John Griffin Edward Horney Signal Corps
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