Manti Messenger | 1944-07-07 | Page 7 | Grandstand View of Normandy Beachhead

be t Grandstand tan san View o of Normandy Beachhead I Dt i fy fa i t N a ago 1 A A f ar ket r ra acht 11 I r rn te ag ha l SO oi o bg f eIlls a f. f r v y ned A Y r 1 a e aa to is how the American section of the Normandy beachhead looks viewed from a bluff where German a rs once had a position As far as the eye can see there arc are invasion crafts ferrying fighting Yanks Ie e 10 l lather ther Allied soldiers as well as munitions and equipment to the beach Barrage balloons swing above transports y like lazy cows to protect them against possible dive bombing attack All is quiet on this strip vet very now but hi m the first hours of the invasion death and terror ran rampant here