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Show The DESEBET SAMPLER, Fri., June 13, 1969 ' 'j,' " - tU THE ASSAULT ON THE NORMANDY BEACHES JUNE 6, 1944 of lauding craft; mines were freely used to make these obstacles more lethal. The I teaches themselves were heavily mined and strung with wire. Concrete pilllioxes and gun emplacements were sited to deliver withering crossfire along the lie aches. All exits leading inland from the lieaches were blocked liy antitank walls and ditches, mine fields, and barbed wire. Further inland, mortars and artillery were sited to deliver indirect fire on the lieaches. Open fields were blocked against glider landings by patterns of heavy stakes, but complete intelligence gathered up to the moment of assault provided detailed knowledge of enemy dispositions and enabled the troops to breach the defenses. In the American sector, the lieach areas totaled 10, OCX) yards in length. Every 75 yards a landing craft loaded with assault infantry touched down at H hour. Assault veterans charged down the ramps picked their way through the bauds of olistacles, and immediately provided cover for the work ot naval and engineer demolition crews which followed close liehind. Each crew had a specific task to perform in clearing lanes for sulisequent waves of craft carrying infantry, artillery, vehicles, and supplies. Naval gunfire and air bombardment hammered at artillery and mortar positions, pillboxes, and gun em- HAS EVERYTHING IN FAMOUS NAME SPORTING GOODS FOR FATHERS DAY GIFT e 1 PERM-PRES- S Fine Big Father'! placements. Resistance by German ground elements was stubliom, and bitter fighting developed in many sectors. Our long campaign against the Luftwaffe had greatly weakened its capacity for combat and, as a result, there was no effective air opposition to our highly vulnerable initial landings. Reinforcements continued to pour ashore, and by five American divisions, the 1st, 4th, 29th, and nightfall ini 82d and 101st Airborne, with tanks, artillery and other reinforcements, were firmly established. Also ashore were advance detachments of the headquarters of Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Ge rows V Corps and Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Collins' VII Corps. The British build-u- p in their sector was on a corresponding scale. Additional divisions still afloat were lieiug landed in a steady stream, constantly augestali-lishe- d menting the superiority which our assault troops had already over the German defenders. By the second morning it was clear that the lieachhead was secure and that the greatest and longest step toward the destruction of the German armies of the west had been taken. The crust of the German coastal defense system had lieen broken. The German boast that an invading force could not remain ashore for nine hours had lieen flung back on the now desperate defunders. the Combined Chiefs of Staff met in London Shortly after in order to lie immediately available should an emergency arise requiring a prompt decision on some matter lieyond General Eisenhower's jurisdiction as Supreme Commander. The assault went so well that it was possible on 12 June for the Combined Chiefs to visit the lieaches of Normandy and observe at first hand the magnitude of the undertaking and the gallant and skillful manner in which the Allied forces were overcoming the resistance of the veteran German soldiers. lection of - REG. 12 CLUBS so carefree Bob Ceolby, Foggy Kirk Sell, ate, 3 weeds and 5 Irene, complete with bog. JEANS Wastera in every de- 48 tail, Wrangler tailored for comfort and long wnnr nnly z. dan. 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Start saving today at the credit union where your money works. You receive generous dividends because credit union members work, loan and save together not for profit not for charity but for mutual service. WATER SKIS SHIRTS D-d- The Credit Union Umbrella Man says: VOIT WESTERN CUT y The lurches of Normandy were chosen for the assault after long study of the strength of German coastal defenses and the disposition of German divisions. The ulrsein-of large ports in the area was a serious obstacle, hut it was offset in some measure by the relative weakness of the German defenses and elalwrate construction in Britain of two artificial harimrs to lie emplaced off the leaches. The selection of target dates and hours for the assault required an accurate forecast of the optimum combination of favorable weather, tide, and light conditions. Moonlight was desirable for the was scheduled for 5 June; this date was airborne operations. changed to 6 June because of unfavorable but clearing weather. Hundreds of craft, en route from distant ports on the west coast of England, were already approaching the invasion area; they had to backtrack or seek shelter in the overcrowded harbors on the south coast. The final forecast for the attack day predicted high winds; the sea was still rough, but rather than accept a delay of several weeks until tide and moon provided another favorable moment, General Eisenhower made the fateful decision to go ahead. At ()2(X) hours on 6 June 1941, The American 82d and 101st Airborne Divisions, as well as British airliome troops, were dropped in vital areas in the rear of German coastal defenses guarding the Normandy lieaches from Cherlxiurg to Caen. The seaborne assault under the over-a- ll command of Field Marshal Montgomery was made on a broad front; British and Canadian forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Sir Miles C. Dempsey and American forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley deployed against 50 miles of coast line. 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