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Engineers Turned Beach Into Fort Invasion Supply Role
After D-Day, Engineer Special Brigades including the Sixth built a vast beach to front supply funnel along the Normandy coast. They cleared mines, fought snipers, and moved 60 percent of tonnage via duck amphibious trucks while other units fixed exits, transported cargo inland, and supported Allied advances through custom transfer points and Red Ball express routes.
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Europe
Reichswehr
Channel
Normandy
Cherbourg
Engineer
LCI
Meredith Atwood
147Th Battalion
Atlanta
Georgia
John Co. H. Lee
George W. Bercaw Jr
Union City
New Jersey
Robert A. Gamble
Blanket
Texas
Naval Beach Battalion
Malcolm Brian
Luftwaffe
Enerailly
France
Germany