1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, Headquarters Company - After Action Report( po červen 1944 - současnost )

1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, Headquarters Company.

After Action Report

D-day on Omaha Beach

Just about the time the assault battalions hit the fortified beach, our company began loading into the landing craft. As our waves of boats neared the beach, the enemy let loose with machine gun, artillery, and mortar fire. From the time that the ramps were lowered until we reached the high ground about ¼ mile inland the company suffered 15 casualties. The entire beach was under enemy observation and the heavily mined approaches made progress to the high ground costly and slow. The CP was established in the high ground area which our assault units used as an assembly area at 0930 hours. After remaining at this point for two hours, the group moved forward. Spasmodic sniping forced us to move cautiously. The Battalion CP was established at 1345 hours about 1 ½ miles inland in the vicinity of Colleville sur Mer. Headquarters Company dug in and provided the security for the remainder of the day and throughout the night. On the morning of D+1 the company moved forward about ½ mile where the Anti-Tank Platoon joined the organization. As the drivers were preparing to move to their new motor pool site, about 30 German snipers discovered and captured by Headquarters Company men two hedge rows from where the company was located furing the previous night.

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