92 - D-Day: Omaha
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The Omaha Pack Crisis
Only 11 of something like over 120 that he took survived so goodness knows what was in those pictures that didn't make it. I'd also been at a strong point to be on 71 fired over 15,000 rounds of ammunition and only gave up when there was when there was none left. So at what point is it safe to say the pack crisis passes on on Omaha? Well really you can sort of almost plot it on a map where by early afternoon substantial elements are starting to move inland. The first incursions across the dunes happened quite early in the day at about eight o'clock. By the end of the day they've barely reached the lateral east-west roads that run behind
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