Sorry it took me so long to follow the link and see the photos - the 1st
photo that appears is an incredible view of what the men faced once the big
door was dropped - it looks like the German positions are a mile away - it's
amazing that *any* men made it across all that open land!
While the smoke probably helped the men avoid some enemy fire it also
made it tougher for the Navy ships to use their guns against the pillboxes -
destroyers finally closed near the beach and risked grounding to allow them
to fire nearly pointblank into the pilboxes. Surviving Germans said they
had no chance against that firepower - the pillboxes were designed to
withstnd bombing attacks and land attacks but having a 5" gun firing
firectly into the slits gave them *no* chance. Thanks to the destroyers
many enemy positions were destroyed allowing the ground pounders to advance.
Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Wonko the Sane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] June 6, 1944
> Some really good pics here.
>
> Of course, this all happened a long time (8 years) before I was born.
>
> http://www.uscg.mil/history/Normandy_Index.asp
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> D.
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>
> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Wonko the Sane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
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>> An overwhelming majority.
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