Battlefield Legacies

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Chapter 1 - The Armada

Chapter 1 - The Armada

Normandy 1944: The First Crucial Days

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Weymouth Bay, South of England, 6pm, 5 June 1944

The rumble of anchor chains spread in Weymouth Harbor this early evening in June. The USS Samuel Chase (APA-26), USS Henrico (APA-45) and SS Empire Javelin[1] were all ready to sail. These belonged to "Strength O", whose mission was to land on Omaha Beach, punch a hole in the German Atlantic Wall and creat…

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