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    Utah, commonly known as Utah Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings...
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    exited over Utah Beach. Paratroops from 101st Airborne were dropped beginning around 01:30, tasked with controlling the causeways behind Utah Beach and destroying...
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    DD tank (section Utah Beach)
    heavy initial casualties, but were still able to make good progress. On Utah Beach, the DDs were operated by the 70th Tank Battalion. Armoured support was...
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    off Utah Beach, disrupting landing forces of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. It was located at Brécourt Manor, 5 kilometres (3 mi) southwest of Utah Beach...
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    landings as capturing the town was necessary to link the lodgements at Utah and Omaha beaches which were divided by the Douve river estuary (nearby fields were...
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    known for his World War II service, including the directing of troops at Utah Beach during the Normandy landings, for which he received the Medal of Honor...
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    attacking American forces was consolidation of the U.S. beachheads (Utah Beach and Omaha Beach) and establishment of a continuous defensive line against expected...
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  • reviewers, who called it a "must have". The original scenario, D-Day Utah Beach, was a best-seller and was followed by three additional scenario packs...
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    France. Gillardeau now produces roughly half its oysters in Normandy, near Utah Beach, and half in County Cork, Ireland. He also gets his oysters from P. Sugrue...
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    block approaches toward the amphibious landings at Utah Beach, to capture causeway exits off the beaches, and to establish crossings over the Douve river...
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    touristiques" [fr]. Utah Beach Landing Museum [fr]: A museum which traces the military exploit of the Normandy landings and more specifically that of Utah Beach. Created...
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    and Bodhi and Rosie leave with the money. Nine months later, Utah tracks Bodhi to Bells Beach in Victoria, Australia, where a record-breaking storm is producing...
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    half miles (5.6 km) southwest of Utah Beach, where four 105 mm howitzers fired down onto a causeway exit off the beach and prevented the U.S. 4th Infantry...
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  • enemy lines in the early hours of D-Day in support of the landings at Utah beach, participated in the liberation of Carentan and again parachuted into...
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    The History of Utah is an examination of the human history and social activity within the state of Utah located in the western United States. Archaeological...
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    July 1942 to 26 December 1944 and led them into battle from D-Day at Utah Beach, to the Battle of Normandy, the Liberation of Paris, and into the Battle...
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    Infantry Division in the Normandy Landings on June 6, 1944, landing on Utah beach in France. Leading the men of his company, Schroeder was the first American...
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  • Sainte-Marie-du-Mont village in North-western France which was one anchor point of the Utah Beach landings on the D-Day invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europa, 6 June 1944...
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    Joseph (2004). Omaha Beach. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-0079-5. Balkoski, Joseph (2005). Utah Beach. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania:...
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  • roads followed by General Patton's Third United States Army. Beginning at Utah Beach in Normandy and ending at Bastogne in Belgium, the Liberty Road goes through...
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    when the invasion was extended to include Utah on the Cotentin Peninsula. Sectors were divided into beaches identified by the colors Red, White and Green...
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  • name for landing beach in Operation Overlord Utah Lake Utah State University Utah War, conflict between Mormons and United States Utah v. Evans, 2002 U...
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    were firing onto the causeways that served as the principal exits from Utah Beach.: 78–84  The Americans estimated that the guns were defended by about...
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    Soviet prisoners of war on the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, close to Utah Beach.[citation needed] After the D-Day landings in northern France by the Allied...
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    by which the US VII Corps would advance from Utah Beach. The US 4th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach shortly after dawn with few casualties. In the...
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    exits behind Utah Beach between Saint-Martin-de-Varreville and Pouppeville to ensure the exit route for the 4th Infantry Division from the beach later that...
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  • Below is a list of ships responsible for bombarding targets at Utah Beach as part of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, the opening day of Operation...
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    forces tasked with landing on Utah Beach. Slapton Beach was selected for its similarity to Utah Beach: a gravel beach, followed by a strip of land and...
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    and clear any obstacles around "Causeway 2", a pre-selected route off Utah Beach for the Allied forces landing from the sea a few hours later. The company...
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    include Utah. Each sector was further subdivided into beaches identified by the colours Green, Red, and White. Gold did not refer to a particular beach but...
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