Omaha Beach - Rededication of National Guard Memorial - Mayor of Vierville-sur-Mer - June 5, 2009
Pointe Du Hoc, Omaha Beach, Vierville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Europe
Pointe du Hoc is a promontory with a 100 ft (30 m) cliff overlooking the English Channel on the coast of Normandy in northern France. During World War II it was the highest point between Utah Beach to the west and Omaha Beach to the east. The German army fortified the area with concrete casements and gun pits. On D-Day (6 June 1944) the United States Army Ranger Assault Group assaulted and captured Pointe du Hoc after scaling the cliffs. Pointe du Hoc lies 4 mi (6.4 km) west of the center of Omaha Beach. As part of the Atlantic Wall fortifications, the prominent cliff top location was fortified by the Germans. The battery was initially built in 1943 to house six captured French First World War vintage GPF 155mm K418(f) guns positioned in open concrete gun pits. The battery was occupied by the 2nd Battery of Army Coastal Artillery Regiment 1260 (2/HKAA.1260). To defend the promontory from attack, elements of the 352nd Infantry Division were stationed at the battery. To provide increased defensive capability, the Germans began to improve the defenses of the battery in the spring of 1944, with enclosed H671 concrete casements. The plan was to build six casements but two were unfinished when the location was attacked. The casements were built over and in front of the circular gun pits, which housed the 155mm guns. Also built was a H636 observation bunker and L409a mounts for 20mm Flak 30 anti-aircraft guns. The 155mm guns would have threatened the Allied landings on Omaha and Utah beaches when finished, risking heavy casualties to the landing forces. The location was bombed in April 1944, after which the Germans removed the 155mm guns. During preparation for Operation Overlord it was determined that Pointe du Hoc should be attacked by ground forces, to prevent the Germans using the casements for observation. The U.S. 2nd and 5th Ranger Battalions were given the task of assaulting the strong point early on D-Day. Elements of the 2nd Battalion went in to attack Pointe du Hoc but delays meant the remainder of the 2nd Battalion and the complete 5th Battalion landed at Omaha Beach as their secondary landing position. Though the Germans had removed the main armament from Pointe du Hoc, the beachheads were shelled from the nearby Maisy battery. The rediscovery of the battery at Maisy has shown that it was responsible for firing on the Allied beachheads until June 9, 1944. Pointe du Hoc lay within the General Leonard Gerow's V Corps field of operations. This then went to the 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) and then down to the right-hand assault formation, the 116th Infantry Regiment attached from 29th Division. In addition they were given two Ranger battalions to undertake the attack. The Ranger battalions were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Earl Rudder. The plan called for the three companies of Rangers to be landed by sea at the foot of the cliffs, scale them using ropes, ladders, and grapples whilst under enemy fire, and engage the enemy at the top of the cliff. This was to be carried out before the main landings. The Rangers trained for the cliff assault on the Isle of Wight, under the direction of British Commandos. Major Cleveland A. Lytle was to command Companies D, E and F of the 2nd Ranger Battalion (known as Force A) in the assault at Pointe du Hoc. During a briefing aboard the Landing Ship Infantry TSS Ben My Chree he heard that Free French Forces sources reported the guns had not been removed. Impelled to some degree by alcohol, Lytle became quite vocal that the assault would be unnecessary and suicidal and was relieved of his command at the last minute by Provisional Ranger Force commander Rudder. Rudder felt that Lytle could not convincingly lead a force with a mission that he did not believe in. Lytle was later transferred to the 90th Infantry Division where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. The assault force was carried in ten landing craft with another two carrying supplies and four DUKW amphibious trucks carrying the 100 ft (30 m) ladders - requisitioned from the London Fire Brigade. One landing craft carrying troops sank and all but one of its occupants drowned, another was swamped. One supply craft sank and the other put the stores overboard to stay afloat. German fire sank one of the DUKWs. Once within a mile of the shore, German mortars and machine guns fired on the craft. These initial setbacks resulted in a 40-minute delay in landing at the base of the cliffs, but British landing craft carrying the Rangers finally reached the base of the cliffs at 7:10am with approximately half the force it started out with. The landing craft were fitted with rocket launchers to fire grapnels and ropes up the cliffs.
Pointe Du Hoc, Omaha Beach, Vierville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Europe
Pointe du Hoc is a promontory with a 100 ft (30 m) cliff overlooking the English Channel on the coast of Normandy in northern France. During World War II it was the highest point between Utah Beach to the west and Omaha Beach to the east. The German army fortified the area with concrete casements and gun pits. On D-Day (6 June 1944) the United States Army Ranger Assault Group assaulted and captured Pointe du Hoc after scaling the cliffs. Pointe du Hoc lies 4 mi (6.4 km) west of the center of Omaha Beach. As part of the Atlantic Wall fortifications, the prominent cliff top location was fortified by the Germans. The battery was initially built in 1943 to house six captured French First World War vintage GPF 155mm K418(f) guns positioned in open concrete gun pits. The battery was occupied by the 2nd Battery of Army Coastal Artillery Regiment 1260 (2/HKAA.1260). To defend the promontory from attack, elements of the 352nd Infantry Division were stationed at the battery. To provide increased defensive capability, the Germans began to improve the defenses of the battery in the spring of 1944, with enclosed H671 concrete casements. The plan was to build six casements but two were unfinished when the location was attacked. The casements were built over and in front of the circular gun pits, which housed the 155mm guns. Also built was a H636 observation bunker and L409a mounts for 20mm Flak 30 anti-aircraft guns. The 155mm guns would have threatened the Allied landings on Omaha and Utah beaches when finished, risking heavy casualties to the landing forces. The location was bombed in April 1944, after which the Germans removed the 155mm guns. During preparation for Operation Overlord it was determined that Pointe du Hoc should be attacked by ground forces, to prevent the Germans using the casements for observation. The U.S. 2nd and 5th Ranger Battalions were given the task of assaulting the strong point early on D-Day. Elements of the 2nd Battalion went in to attack Pointe du Hoc but delays meant the remainder of the 2nd Battalion and the complete 5th Battalion landed at Omaha Beach as their secondary landing position. Though the Germans had removed the main armament from Pointe du Hoc, the beachheads were shelled from the nearby Maisy battery. The rediscovery of the battery at Maisy has shown that it was responsible for firing on the Allied beachheads until June 9, 1944. Pointe du Hoc lay within the General Leonard Gerow's V Corps field of operations. This then went to the 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) and then down to the right-hand assault formation, the 116th Infantry Regiment attached from 29th Division. In addition they were given two Ranger battalions to undertake the attack. The Ranger battalions were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Earl Rudder. The plan called for the three companies of Rangers to be landed by sea at the foot of the cliffs, scale them using ropes, ladders, and grapples whilst under enemy fire, and engage the enemy at the top of the cliff. This was to be carried out before the main landings. The Rangers trained for the cliff assault on the Isle of Wight, under the direction of British Commandos. Major Cleveland A. Lytle was to command Companies D, E and F of the 2nd Ranger Battalion (known as Force A) in the assault at Pointe du Hoc. During a briefing aboard the Landing Ship Infantry TSS Ben My Chree he heard that Free French Forces sources reported the guns had not been removed. Impelled to some degree by alcohol, Lytle became quite vocal that the assault would be unnecessary and suicidal and was relieved of his command at the last minute by Provisional Ranger Force commander Rudder. Rudder felt that Lytle could not convincingly lead a force with a mission that he did not believe in. Lytle was later transferred to the 90th Infantry Division where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. The assault force was carried in ten landing craft with another two carrying supplies and four DUKW amphibious trucks carrying the 100 ft (30 m) ladders - requisitioned from the London Fire Brigade. One landing craft carrying troops sank and all but one of its occupants drowned, another was swamped. One supply craft sank and the other put the stores overboard to stay afloat. German fire sank one of the DUKWs. Once within a mile of the shore, German mortars and machine guns fired on the craft. These initial setbacks resulted in a 40-minute delay in landing at the base of the cliffs, but British landing craft carrying the Rangers finally reached the base of the cliffs at 7:10am with approximately half the force it started out with. The landing craft were fitted with rocket launchers to fire grapnels and ropes up the cliffs.
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Anne-Laure Banon monument Les Braves, Omaha Beach , Les Moulins, France, Europe
Omaha Beach is the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during World War II. The beach is located on the coast of Normandy, France, facing the English Channel, and is 5 miles (8 km) long, from east of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to west of Vierville-sur-Mer on the right bank of the Douve River estuary. Landings here were necessary in order to link up the British landings to the east at Gold Beach with the American landing to the west at Utah Beach, thus providing a continuous lodgement on the Normandy coast of the Bay of the Seine. Taking Omaha was to be the responsibility of United States Army troops, with sea transport and naval artillery support provided by the U.S. Navy and elements of the British Royal Navy.
On D-Day, the untested 29th Infantry Division, joined by the veteran 1st Infantry Division and nine companies of U.S. Army Rangers redirected from Pointe du Hoc, were to assault the western half of the beach. The battle-hardened 1st Infantry Division was given the eastern half. The initial assault waves, consisting of tanks, infantry, and combat engineer forces, were carefully planned to reduce the coastal defenses and allow the larger ships of the follow-up waves to land. The primary objective at Omaha was to secure a beachhead of some five miles (eight kilometres) depth, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire River, linking with the British landings at Gold Beach to the east, and reaching the area of Isigny to the west to link up with VII Corps landing at Utah Beach. Opposing the landings was the German 352nd Infantry Division, a large portion of whom were teenagers, though they were supplemented by veterans who had fought on the Eastern Front. The 352nd had never had any battalion or regimental training. Of the 12,020 men of the division, only 6,800 were experienced combat troops, detailed to defend a 53-kilometre-long (33-mile) front. The Germans were largely deployed in strongpoints along the coast the German strategy was based on defeating any seaborne assault at the water line. Nevertheless, Allied calculations indicated that Omaha's defenses were three times as strong as those they had encountered during the Battle of Kwajalein, and its defenders were four times as many. Very little went as planned during the landing at Omaha Beach. Difficulties in navigation caused the majority of landing craft to miss their targets throughout the day. The defenses were unexpectedly strong, and inflicted heavy casualties on landing US troops. Under heavy fire, the engineers struggled to clear the beach obstacles; later landings bunched up around the few channels that were cleared. Weakened by the casualties taken just in landing, the surviving assault troops could not clear the heavily defended exits off the beach. This caused further problems and consequent delays for later landings. Small penetrations were eventually achieved by groups of survivors making improvised assaults, scaling the bluffs between the most heavily defended points. By the end of the day, two small isolated footholds had been won, which were subsequently exploited against weaker defenses further inland, thus achieving the original D-Day objectives over the following days. Bound at either end by large rocky cliffs, the Omaha Beach crescent presented a gently sloping tidal area averaging 300 yards (275 m) between low and highwater marks. Above the tide line was a bank of shingle 8 feet (2.4 m) high and up to 15 yards (14 m) wide in some places. At the western end, the shingle bank rested against a stone (further east becoming wood) sea wall which ranged from 4-12 feet (1.5-4 m) in height. For the remaining two thirds of the beach after the seawall ended, the shingle lay against a low sand embankment. Behind the sand embankment and sea wall lay a level shelf of sand, narrow at either end and extending up to 200 yards (180 m) inland in the center. Steep escarpments or bluffs then rose 100-170 feet (30-50 m), dominating the whole beach and cut into by small wooded valleys or draws at five points along the beach, codenamed west to east D-1, D-3, E-1, E-3 and F-1. The German defensive preparations and the lack of any defense in depth indicated that their plan was to stop the invasion at the beaches.
Lighting Ceremony - School Children - Omaha Beach- Ntl Guard Memorial Rededication- June 5, 2009
Rededication ceremonies, National Guard Memorial, Omaha Beach
World Peace Statue, Grandchamp-Maisy, Normandy
Perhaps the most beautiful memorial in all of Normandy the World Peace Statue, located in Granchamp-Maisy, a small village close to Pointe du Hoc.
As a relatively new memorial it did not feature in any guide books and when I drove up to it my jaw dropped on first seeing it glint in the sun.
No commentary on this one but thought I should upload it because the statue is simply amazing. The Statue de la Paix was erected on behalf of the Chinese World Peace Foundation on the 60th anniversary of D-Day in 2004.
Also featured at the end is the memorial to Sgt Frank Peregory, a Normandy Medal of Honor recipient.
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Exactly 70 years after members of the 29th Infantry Division stormed Omaha Beach under enemy fire, s
(Nat Sound: toast to the 29th Infantry Division)
70 YEARS AGO AT THIS MOMENT, THESE MEN OF THE 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION WERE JUMPING OUT OF BOATS AND ATTACKING THE NAZIS ON D-DAY.
SOUNDBITE (English) Donald McCarthy, 29th Infantry Division:
I asked God, that I would do everything that he wanted me to do in my life if he would get me off that beach and he sure did, brought me here today.
TODAY, DONALD MCCARTHY AND HIS FELLOW BROTHER'S FROM THE 29TH ARE HONORED WHILE REMEMBERING THE MEN WHO DIED IN BATTLE.
SOUNDBITE (English) Donald McCarthy, 29th Infantry Division:
You know, I got whacked in the leg but here I am Tim. You know I can't believe it, all of us guys. You know the whole bunch of us were fortunate enough that God blessed us to get here.
THESE MEN KNOW THEY MAY NOT MAKE IT BACK TO NORMANDY FOR ANOTHER MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY.
SO PEOPLE GATHERED IN MASS TO CAPTURE WORDS OF WISDOM FROM VETERANS LIKE HAROLD BAUMGARTEN.
SOUNDBITE (English) Harold Baumgarten, 29th Infantry Division:
We had options. First, to stay on the beach and die, surrender the beach to the enemy. Surrender is not a word in the 29th Division dictionary so most of us fought wounded.
A NEW STATUE IS DEDICATED TO THE SOLDIERS WHO SURVIVED AND THE SOLDIERS WHO WERE CARRIED OFF THE BEACH.
(Nats)
SOUNDBITE (English) Harold Baumgarten, 29th Infantry Division:
In the moonlight of D-Day it looked like a giant red paint brush painted the beach red and it was covered with dead Stonewallers and some Rangers.
AFTER THE D-DAY SURVIVORS PASS AWAY�THEIR MEMORY WILL BE IMMORTAL HERE AND ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.
MARK CARLSON, AP, VIERVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE
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29th Infantry Division Commemoration Ceremony at Omaha Beach. OMAHA BEACH, FRANCE 06.07.2019
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Soldiers with the 29th Infantry Division commemorated the 75 year anniversary of their landing on D-Day at Omaha Beach, France on June 7, 2019. More than 1,300 U.S. Service Members partnered with 950 troops from across Europe and Canada, have converged in northwestern France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Operation Overlord, WWII Allied Invasion of Normandy, commonly known as D-Day. Upward of 80 ceremonies in 40 French communities in the region will take place between June 1-9, 2019, the apex being June 6th at the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. (U.S. Army video taken by Spc. Nicholas Vidro, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
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Pointe du Hoc - Normandy | drone in 4K
On the 6th of June 1944 at 0710 hours commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Earl Rudder, under heavy enemy fire the men of the 2nd Ranger Battalion used extension ladders and ropes to climb 100-foot cliffs and eventually captured the German Stronghold.
Our short aerial film of Pointe du Hoc and the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial was created in honor and remembrance of all the brave men that fought and gave their lives for our freedom.
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Exactly 70 years after members of the 29th Infantry Division stormed Omaha Beach under enemy fire, s
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(Nat Sound: toast to the 29th Infantry Division)
70 YEARS AGO AT THIS MOMENT, THESE MEN OF THE 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION WERE JUMPING OUT OF BOATS AND ATTACKING THE NAZIS ON D-DAY.
SOUNDBITE (English) Donald McCarthy, 29th Infantry Division:
I asked God, that I would do everything that he wanted me to do in my life if he would get me off that beach and he sure did, brought me here today.
TODAY, DONALD MCCARTHY AND HIS FELLOW BROTHER'S FROM THE 29TH ARE HONORED WHILE REMEMBERING THE MEN WHO DIED IN BATTLE.
SOUNDBITE (English) Donald McCarthy, 29th Infantry Division:
You know, I got whacked in the leg but here I am Tim. You know I can't believe it, all of us guys. You know the whole bunch of us were fortunate enough that God blessed us to get here.
THESE MEN KNOW THEY MAY NOT MAKE IT BACK TO NORMANDY FOR ANOTHER MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY.
SO PEOPLE GATHERED IN MASS TO CAPTURE WORDS OF WISDOM FROM VETERANS LIKE HAROLD BAUMGARTEN.
SOUNDBITE (English) Harold Baumgarten, 29th Infantry Division:
We had options. First, to stay on the beach and die, surrender the beach to the enemy. Surrender is not a word in the 29th Division dictionary so most of us fought wounded.
A NEW STATUE IS DEDICATED TO THE SOLDIERS WHO SURVIVED AND THE SOLDIERS WHO WERE CARRIED OFF THE BEACH.
(Nats)
SOUNDBITE (English) Harold Baumgarten, 29th Infantry Division:
In the moonlight of D-Day it looked like a giant red paint brush painted the beach red and it was covered with dead Stonewallers and some Rangers.
AFTER THE D-DAY SURVIVORS PASS AWAY�THEIR MEMORY WILL BE IMMORTAL HERE AND ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.
MARK CARLSON, AP, VIERVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE
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Pointe du Hoc D-Day Ranger Ceremony
U.S. Army Ranger ceremony at Pointe du Hoc, France, commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day. The ceremony featured World War II veterans, the 75th Ranger Regiment and a C-130 flyover. Full story:
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LOS MONUMENTOS EN OMAHA BEACH (Normandía)
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Pointe du Hoc - Omaha Beach
D-Day 2011 at Pointe du Hoc above Omaha Beach. This ceremony was a re-dedication of the restored Pointe du Hoc monument and surrounding area.