By the fall of 1944, the 29th Infantry Division was a veteran division, one of the U.S. Army's best. It had been tested and blooded on Omaha Beach on D-Day and in the hedgerows of Normandy and streets of St. Lô and Vire. Most recently, the guardsmen of the Blue and Gray Division…
The attack on Utah Beach during the Normandy invasion was one of the most successful military operations ever undertaken, especially bearing in mind the complexities of such a massive air & seaborne assault. Joseph Balkoski describes the unfolding drama.
"By November 1944, the U.S. 29th Infantry Division had stormed ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day, battled through the hedgerows and towns of Normandy, clashed with German paratroopers for control of Brest, and waged a six-week-long battle of attrition in western Germany, suffering …
"By November 1944, the U.S. 29th Infantry Division had stormed ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day, battled through the hedgerows and towns of Normandy, clashed with German paratroopers for control of Brest, and waged a six-week-long battle of attrition in western Germany, suffering …