[saganite]

He estimated 1,000 to 2,000 himself. Also, targets were tightly packed as in the comment about emptying the landing craft single handed.

[MARTIAL MONK]

I would still look at this with extreme skepticism. It parallels but does not match what I know of the landing. This is too much like a John Kerry war story.

I'd bet that no American ever heard of the "Beast of Omaha".