"They had a flat bottom, so they rode rough in the water. Real rough. Now, all of us had just had Spam and eggs and coffee for breakfast and we all knew exactly what was waiting for us on the beach, so you can imagine what it was like. I tell you, we actually felt relief when the ramp splashed down- until the German machine guns opened up on us, that is!"
Sgt William Loman, 116th Infantry
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"We were called up to reinforce the foreign troops manning the beach defenses. I was in charge of three MG-42 positions that were set up to shoot in intersecting fields of fire across the beach. We had locked traverses between aiming stakes so that every inch of the approach was covered. All we had to do was wait for the ramps to lower"
