7 April 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

1st Infantry Division 57 mm Anti Tank Gun in Bunker Caumont-l’Éventé Normandy 1944



On June 11, General Clarence Huebner, commander of the 1st Division, issued Field Order No. 37, orders to assault the village of Caumont Le Repas in support of the offensive of the U.S. VII Corps, under General J. Lawton Collins, against the major port city of Cherbourg on the Cotentin Peninsula. The 26th Infantry would assail Caumont le Repas while the 18th Infantry struck five miles west in Caumont L’Evente and the 16th Infantry remained in reserve.

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