-—Just a camera? Combat photogs are a special breed. They do, indeed, have to step out in front, hopefully behind a log, rock, piece of junk, etc., then focus on whatever is coming up next. One sad bit of history about D-Day is that those guys shot a whole seabag full of film. An Army Captain was taking the bag back to the fleet for processing. He slipped while boarding and lost the seabag overboard. That’s the big time reason why our pics of the early hours of D-Day are limited compared to what one would expect with so many people involved.
And I’m still pizzed about that one Kraut machine gunner, up in a pillbox, who was able to unload his entire 14,000 rounds of ammo before the Destroyer 5 inchers forced him to move. Some pencil pusher in the rear was concerned about shallow water? Yup, there’s a reason to slow down a war.
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Instead the Allies landed at low tide. While the troops had farther to go under fire, it meant that they could see and avoid the anti-landing craft traps. This was important as it ensured that more landing craft could survive to make additional runs to the troop ships for reinforcements and supplies. It also meant that the landing craft were always able to back off the sand due to a rising tide lifting all boats.
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Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
check this out, download the slide show to a PC to see it larger
absolutely amazing
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/normandy-landing/32098563#5