Omaha Beach

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By the time the remainder of the company landed on the following day (D+1), seven of the detachment's personnel, including its commander Stanley, had been wounded. 
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 When the absence of gas warfare had been confirmed, the company joined other service troops in policing the beach and unloading ammunition. 
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 Brussveewn: "Yeah. They were still shelling two boats that were stuck in the sand after the tide went out. The high and the low in the tide on Omaha Beach was twenty-four feet – the high and the low part of it – so that a boat that would get in on the sand would get stuck on the sand if the tide was goin’ out." 
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D-Day stripes painted on the underside of the spotter plane wings. 
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 Here lies "D-Day" Born-?, Died-7/30/44. His passing cause Yanks to give Thanks. 
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