6th Engineer Special Brigade Memorial near Omaha Beach #DDay 6 June 1944
6th Engineer Special Brigade Memorial near Omaha Beach #DDay 6 June 1944. The location is Rue de 116 in Saint Laurent sur Mer. or actually on Google it is Rue du 116TH Rgt Infant US. This is basically on Omaha Beach, this Over-grown Monument dated 6 June 1944. Well, in the dunes just near it. It appears to say that it was for the 6th Engineer Special Brigade Memorial.
In another town, they have a well preserved monument to them. What is interesting, is also the photo in Commune de Saint Laurent sur Mer from 1944 of German POW's starting the foundation of a monument, for as they state, One year after the D-Day landings in Normandy, German prisoners landscape the area around a former German pill box at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, France, near Omaha Beach, May 28, 1945. The pill box, with a knocked out gun still visible, will be made into a monument dedicated to U.S. assault forces. - source -
This appears to be maybe, not sure though, same terrain as in Saint Laurent sur Mer where we shot this video in 2014! Here are also my pictures from 2007 and you see that in 7 years it is greatly covered up! See - --- Pity they do not clean this monument up... 6th Engineer Special Brigade Memorial near Omaha Beach 6 June 1944
Found some more info - looks like they moved it...
Posted 13 August 2010 - 09:41 AM
Hi Marion and Dave
The monument of 6th Engineer Special Brigade around 1950 in Saint laurent .
The monument of 6th Engineer Special Brigade, dedicated in 1998. Pictures that I made in 2006 .
It was moved to Vierville -sur-Mer and modernized.
I find this link on the 6th engineer special brigade
But, I am sorry I did not find in English
See original thread here with old picture -
6th Engineer Special Brigade Memorial near #OmahaBeach
5th (US) Engineer Special Brigade - 30/05/1944 - DDay-Overlord
Date : 30 mai 1944 - May 30th, 1944
Sujet | Subject:
- Reportage sur les sapeurs américains de la 5th Engineer Special Brigade qui poursuivent leurs entraînements dans la région du sud du Pays de Galles, et qui participent notamment à un important exercice de lutte contre les incendies.
- Report on American sappers of the 5th Engineer Special Brigade continuing their training in South Wales, and who are involved in an important exercise to fight against fires.
Lieu | Location: Galles du Sud - South Wales, Angleterre - England
Personnalité(s) | Person(s): --
Unité(s) | Unit(s): 5th (US) Engineer Special Brigade
Source: US National Archives
N°: B 467
5th (US) Engineer Special Brigade - 29/05/1944 - DDay-Overlord
Date : 29 mai 1944 - May 29th, 1944
Sujet | Subject:
- Reportage sur les sapeurs américains de la 5th Engineer Special Brigade qui profitent d'une remise en condition des personnels pour prendre une douche et changer d'uniforme.
- Report on American sappers of the 5th Engineer Special Brigade who benefit from a personal reconditioning time with a shower and change of uniform.
Lieu | Location: Galles du Sud - South Wales, Angleterre - England
Personnalité(s) | Person(s): --
Unité(s) | Unit(s): 5th (US) Engineer Special Brigade
Source: US National Archives
N°: B 467
Engineers Special Brigade Memorial at WN62 Omaha Beach
Engineers Special Brigade Memorial at WN62 Omaha Beach
Colleville-sur-Mer - Normandie - 07/06/1944 - DDay-Overlord
Date : 7 juin 1944 - June 7th, 1944
Sujet | Subject:
- Des militaires américains fraternisent avec des Normands de Colleville-sur-Mer dans le secteur d'Omaha Beach.
- American soldiers fraternizing with the Normans in Colleville-sur-Mer in the sector of Omaha Beach.
Lieu | Location: Omaha Beach, Calvados, Normandie
Personnalité(s) | Person(s): --
Unité(s) | Unit(s): 5th Engineer Special Brigade
Source: US National Archives
N°: INV 116
US soldiers dig in on a beach during the D-Day landings on Colleville-sur-Mer, No...HD Stock Footage
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US soldiers dig in on a beach during the D-Day landings on Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy in World War II.
D-Day landings on Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy during World War II. US soldiers of 16th Infantry Combat Team and 5th Engineer Specialist Brigade dig in on Omaha Beach. LSTs (Landing Ship, Tanks) and LCTs (Landing Craft, Tanks) in a channel. A damaged LST in a harbor. A dead US soldier on a beach in the foreground. Smoke rises from the beach. Beach obstacles at Omaha Beach. Location: Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy France. Date: June 9, 1944.
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Omaha Beach - Messe - Mass - 12/06/1944 - DDay-Overlord
Date : 12 juin 1944 - June 12th, 1944
Sujet | Subject:
- Une messe est organisée au cimetière provisoire de Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer en mémoire des 457 combattants - essentiellement américains - enterrés au pied du plateau dominant Omaha Beach à hauteur du secteur Dog White, entre Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer et Vierville-sur-Mer. Le cimetière temporaire a été réalisé par les hommes de la 3rd section, 607th Company, 6th Special Engineer Brigade.
- A mass is held at the temporary cemetery of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer in memory of the 457 fighters - most of them Americans - buried at the foot of the plateau overlooking Omaha Beach at the height of Dog White sector between Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer and Vierville-sur-Mer. The temporary cemetery was done by the men of the 3rd section, 607th Company, 6th Engineer Special Brigade.
Lieu | Location: Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandie
Personnalité(s) | Person(s): --
Unité(s) | Unit(s): --
Source: US National Archives
N°: --
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29th Infantry Division - Omaha Beach - 07/06/1944 - DDay-Overlord
Date : 7 juin 1944 - June 7th, 1944
Sujet | Subject:
- Reportage sur l'arrivée de renforts américains dans le secteur d'Omaha Beach, tandis que les prisonniers allemands sont escortés vers les navires alliés. Les corps des soldats tués au combat sont rassemblés à proximité immédiate de la plage d'Omaha où le difficile travail d'identification et d'enregistrement se prolonge.
- Report on the arrival of American reinforcements in the sector of Omaha Beach, while German prisoners are escorted to the Allied armada. The bodies of soldiers killed in combat are gathered close to the beach of Omaha where the hard work of identifying and recording continues.
Lieu | Location: Omaha Beach, Calvados, Normandie
Personnalité(s) | Person(s): --
Unité(s) | Unit(s):
- 29th US Infantry Division
- 5th US Engineer Special Brigade
Source: US National Archives
N°: --
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Omaha Beach - Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer - Normandie - 12/07/1944 - DDay-Overlord
Date : 12 juillet 1944 - July 12th, 1944
Sujet | Subject:
- Reportage sur les installations défensives allemandes dans le secteur de Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer (Omaha Beach), notamment des positions pour obusiers et observateurs d'artillerie.
- Report on the German defensive installations in the area of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer (Omaha Beach), including positions for howitzers and artillery observers.
Lieu | Location: Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandie
Personnalité(s) | Person(s): --
Unité(s) | Unit(s): --
Source: US National Archives
N°: INV 460
Pertes humaines - War casualties - Normandie - 15/06/1944 - DDay-Overlord
Date : 15 juin 1944 - June 15th, 1944
Sujet | Subject:
- Reportage sur les blessés (Américains et Allemands) ainsi que sur les corps de soldats qui sont enterrés au cimetière militaire temporaire N°1 à Sainte-Mère-Eglise.
- Report on wounded soldiers (both American and German) as well as on the bodies of soldiers who are buried at the N°1 temporary military cemetery in Sainte-Mere-Eglise.
Lieu | Location: Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Manche, Normandie
Personnalité(s) | Person(s): --
Unité(s) | Unit(s): --
Source: US National Archives
N°: INV 159
Omaha Beach, Normandy, France May 2017
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 casemates 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.
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On June 8, 1944, the U.S. First Army established the temporary cemetery, the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. After the war, the present-day cemetery was established a short distance to the east of the original site.
Like all other overseas American cemeteries in France for World War I and II, France has granted the United States a special, perpetual concession to the land occupied by the cemetery, free of any charge or any tax. This cemetery is managed by the American Battle Monuments Commission, a small independent agency of the U.S. federal government, under Congressional acts that provide yearly financial support for maintaining them, with most military and civil personnel employed abroad. The U.S. flag flies over these granted soils
The cemetery is located on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach (one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion) and the English Channel. It covers 172 acres (70 ha), and contains the remains of 9,387 American military dead, most of whom were killed during the invasion of Normandy and ensuing military operations in World War II. Included are graves of Army Air Corps crews shot down over France as early as 1942 and three American women.
Only some of the soldiers who died overseas are buried in the overseas American military cemeteries. When it came time for a permanent burial, the next of kin eligible to make decisions were asked if they wanted their loved ones repatriated for permanent burial in the U.S., or interred at the closest overseas cemetery.
Among the burials at the cemetery are three recipients of the Medal of Honor, including Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of President Theodore Roosevelt. After the creation of the cemetery, another son of President Roosevelt, Quentin, who had been killed in World War I, was exhumed and reburied next to his brother Theodore, Jr.
Notable burials at the cemetery include:
- Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of President Theodore Roosevelt, Medal of Honor recipient
- Quentin Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, aviator killed in action in World War I
In Saving Private Ryan (1998), the cemetery is featured at the beginning and end, showing World War II veteran Private James Francis Ryan accompanied by his family. In the beginning of the film, he makes his way to the grave of Captain John Miller (played by Tom Hanks). At the end, Ryan salutes the grave and asks his wife if he lived a good life and was a good man. (Both the grave and Captain John Miller are fictional; the headstone for Miller was only brought to the cemetery for the movie.) The Private Ryan story is based upon the story of the Niland Brothers, two of whom are buried in the cemetery; references are also made to the five Sullivan brothers, who were all killed in the Juneau incident.
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WN-62 was 332 meters long by 324 meters wide and between 12 and 50 meters above the beach, depending on the distance from the shore, with a good overview of the beach area. The foxhole Severloh claimed to have fired from (49°21′36″N 0°50′50″W) was 170 meters from the sea wall and around 450 meters from the landing area of the first wave of Higgins Boats.
On D-Day (June 6, 1944) WN-62 was manned by 27 members of the 716th Infantry Division and 13 members of Severloh's 352nd Division, whose task was to direct fire of the 10.5 cm artillery batteries located 5 kilometres inland at Houtteville.
Defences included two type H669 concrete casemates, one empty and the other with a 75mm artillery piece, a 50mm anti-tank gun, two 50mm mortars, a twin-barrelled MG34 7.92mm machine gun on an anti-aircraft mount and two pre war Polish machine guns. Another 50 mm anti-tank gun covered the rear, and the perimeter was ringed by barbed wire and anti personnel mines.
Severloh was assigned to a Senior Lieutenant Bernhard Frerking as an orderly. While Frerking coordinated the artillery fire of the battery at Houtteville from a bunker, Severloh claimed he manned an MG42 machine gun. He says he fired on approaching American troops with the machine gun and two Karabiner 98k rifles, while a sergeant whom he didn't know, kept him supplied with ammunition from a nearby ammo bunker until 15:30. He claimed to have fired over 13,500 rounds with the machine gun and 400 with the rifles, giving a total weight of ammunition of over 560 kilograms.
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WWII : Omaha Beach apres le débarquement, camp de prisonniers, cimetière, cérémonie religieuse
Description : Vieille dame et petite fille donnant des fleurs aux soldats US, Activités militaires sur la plage après le débarquement, camp de prisonniers allemands, des civils français enterrent les morts américains, cérémonie religieuse
Date : 1944-06-00
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