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@suetoniuspaullinus – Indeed that would be awesome.  I was there for the 70th, if not the 75th.  From my trip to Omaha …

Dog Green Sector, looking up at Vierville draw, first hit by 116th RCT, 29th Infantry.

Able Company, the first company of this Regimental Combat Team, took over 90% casualties in the opening of the attack.  Three Virginia towns basically lost their male population of that generation, right on this spot.