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To: ransomnote

Looks like 5 inch shells from a destroyer. I did not see this one, but saw another that was taller and not as wide in a private museum on the western exit from Omaha Beach. They said it was 5 inch shells from a destroyer.


6 posted on 05/16/2019 11:04:08 AM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: mfish13
They said it was 5 inch shells from a destroyer.

I can't imagine ship fire being this accurate. It is more likely 75 MM from Shermans particularly considering the concentration of hits near the aperture.

12 posted on 05/16/2019 11:13:57 AM PDT by pfflier
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