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D-Day through Brest, France.
Omaha Beach - Dog White 1943
5th Ranger Omaha Assault
5th Ranger LCA's coming in to Dog White
German WN 72 - with 88 mm gun
Omaha Beach - Dog White 1943
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D-Day
Chapters 16 and 17 discuss the 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion assault on Omaha Beach, Dog White Sector, assault up the bluffs and their flanking maneuvers around Vierville, France.
Rangers at Grandcamp, France
Valognes, France in ruins
US Army photo
Foucarville POW Camp
Rangers at Grandcamp, France
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Battle, Recovery, Replacements and Refit
Chapter 18 begins with the assault of the Maisy Battery, then follows the battalion as they moved across Normandy.
Brest U-boat pens
Fort de Toulbroc'h aerial
German MG-42 nest
Brest U-boat pens
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Fort de Toulbroc'h, France.
Chapter 19 culminates in the 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion efforts in the battle for Brest, France. Learn how S/Sgt Hull becomes wounded and how the battalion assault fortification with a force ten times their size and wins.
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