The Americans on D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion by Morgan Martin K. A

Author:Morgan, Martin K. A. [Morgan, Martin K. A.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Zenith Press
Published: 2014-05-15T06:00:00+00:00

Leonard G. “Bud” Lomell, seen here when he was a Staff Sergeant in the 76th Infantry Division in early 1943, was serving as the First Sergeant of D Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion on June 6, 1944. Together with Staff Sgt. Jack Kuhn, First Sergeant Lomell was moving down one of the hedgerows south of the D514 coast road when he noticed a suspiciously large set of tracks in the mud. Those tracks led him to the spot near La Montagne where the five Pointe du Hoc GPFs were located.

This photograph of Lt. Col. James Earl Rudder’s command post at Pointe du Hoc’s eastern Type L409A antiaircraft bunker was taken in the afternoon on D-Day and reveals the many purposes a command post had to serve in combat: communications center, medical aid station, casualty collecting point, supply depot, etc. Perhaps the most intriguing thing about this photograph is the assortment of known individuals shown in it. The man with his head bandaged at the bottom right is Lt. Col. Tom Trevor, a British commando who accompanied the Ranger assault force as an observer. The man to the left of the radio antennae loading a magazine for his M1 Carbine is Lt. Elmer H. “Dutch” Vermeer, 2nd Ranger Battalion Engineer Officer. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives 80-G-45721

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