Omaha Beach

Figure 7. Crustose lichens on a cannon, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, February, 1998.

The 1st Platoon, 30th Chemical Decontamination Company, under the command of ist Lt. Bernard Miller, landed on Omaha Beach at H plus sixteen minutes. The platoon fought its way ashore with the first wave, providing grenade smoke screens to conceal infantry landings. Lieutenant Miller and six enlisted men were wounded or missing... 

The 79th and 80th Smoke Generator Companies, with their men and Mi smoke generators aboard thirty of His Majesty s trawlers, on 9 June arrived off Omaha Beach, where they served as the offshore element of the 23d Battalion smoke installation. But they received no requests for smoke. The great storm of 18—21 June wrecked some of... 

Smoke Screen During the Omaha Beach Landings... 

According to plan, the companies of the 23d Smoke Generator Battalion were to have assumed the smoke mission at Omaha on D plus 3. The land contingent of the battalion, the 84th and 16 ist Companies, arrived off the beach on the afternoon of D plus 2 and came ashore that evening. Both companies experienced a great deal of difficulty. Men and equipment became separated some roads indicated on the map were nonexistent and others were heavily mined or subject to enemy fire. Fortunately, few German planes appeared over the area and smoke was not required. ... 

Omaha Normandy beach assaulted by troops of U.S. V Corps, 6 June... 

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