| Foreword |
iii |
| Preface |
v |
| Pointe du Hoe (2d
Ranger Battalion, 6 June 1944) |
1 |
| |
Assault Plans |
4 |
| |
The Landing |
5 |
| |
The Cliff Assault |
9 |
| |
Capture of the Point |
19 |
| |
Advance to the Highway |
26 |
| |
Morning at the Point: Action on the Left Flank |
34 |
| |
Morning at the Point: The CP Group |
36 |
| |
Afternoon Counterattacks |
43 |
| |
The Advance Group During D Day |
45 |
| |
The German Night Attack: First Phase |
48 |
| |
Night Attack: Second Phase |
56 |
| |
Night Attack: Finale |
57 |
| The Fight on
Tanapag Plain (27th Division, 6 July 1944) |
65 |
| |
Background: The Attack on 5 July |
69 |
| |
Morning of 6 July: Attack on the Plain |
74 |
| |
Change in Attack Plans |
81 |
| |
The Morning Attack at Harakiri Gulch |
86 |
| |
The Afternoon Attack at Harakiri Gulch |
89 |
| |
Afternoon: Plans for a New Attack (105th Infantry) |
100 |
| |
Advance of the 1st Battalion (105th Infantry) |
102 |
| Santa Maria
Infante (351st Infantry, 11-14 May 1944) |
115 |
| |
Task of the 351st Infantry |
119 |
| |
The Night Attack: Jump-Off |
128 |
| |
Sergeant Pyenta's Group at Hill 103 |
131 |
| |
Lieutenant Panich's Group at Hill 103 |
132 |
| |
Sergeant Eddy's Group at Hill 103 |
135 |
| |
Advance to the Tame Road |
137 |
| |
Company E at The Spur: 1st Platoon |
143 |
| |
Company E at The Spur: The Main Body |
145 |
| |
Company G is Stopped at The Spur |
149 |
| |
The 3d Battalion is Stopped at Hill 103 (12 May) |
151 |
| |
Capture of Company F (12 May) |
154 |
| |
Plans for Renewed Attack (13 May) |
158 |
| |
The Enemy Holds Out on The Spur (13 May) |
161 |
| |
Hill 103 Again Stops the 3d Battalion |
163 |
| |
1st Battalion Gains at the S-Ridge |
165 |
| |
Capture of Santa Maria Infante (14 May) |
170 |
| Singling (4th
Armored Division, 6 December 1944) |
175 |
| |
Background of the Attack |
179 |
| |
A Change in Plan |
183 |
| |
The Infantry Attack |
188 |
| |
Stalemate in Singling |
200 |
| |
Relief of Team B |
206 |
| Annex:
Abbreviations |
212 |
| |
| Maps |
| Pointe du Hoe |
|
| 1. |
Assault at OMAHA Beach |
2 |
| 2. |
Plan for Assault at Pointe du Hoe |
6 |
| 3. |
The Assault Landings at Pointe du Hoe |
10 |
| 4. |
Advance to the Highway |
21 |
| 5. |
Morning Near the Point |
32 |
| 6. |
Afternoon Counterattacks |
42 |
| 7. |
The Highway Posiiton, 0830-2000 6 June |
46 |
| 8. |
The German Night Attack, 6/7 June 1944 |
50 |
| The Fight on Tanapag Plain |
|
| 1. |
V Amphibous Corps on Saipan, Morning 5 July 1944 |
66 |
| 2. |
27th Division Zone, Morning 5 July 1944 |
68 |
| 3. |
Night Positions, 5 July, 105th Infantry |
70 |
| 4. |
V Amphibous Corps, Morning 6 July 1944 |
72 |
| 5. |
105th Infantry Attack, Morning 6 July 1944 |
74 |
| 6. |
The New Attack Zones |
82 |
| 7. |
Harakiri Gulch |
90 |
| 8. |
Final Attack on the Plain |
99 |
| 9. |
V Amphibious Corps, Night of Banzai Attack, 6/7
July 1944 |
112 |
| Santa Maria Infante |
|
| 1. |
Fifth
Army Objectives |
118 |
| 2. |
Mt.
Bracchi Hills, 11 May 1944 |
120 |
| 3. |
Plan
of Opening Attack, 351st Infantry |
122 |
| 4. |
2d
Battalion, 351st Infantry |
130 |
| 5. |
Company
F, Sgt. Pyenta's Group at Hill 103 |
132 |
| 6. |
Company
F, Lt. Panich's Group at Hill 103 |
133 |
| 7. |
Company
F, S/Sgt. Ededy's Group at Hill 103 |
136 |
| 8. |
Company
F, Advance to the Tame Road |
138 |
| 9. |
Company
F, Position at the Culvert |
140 |
| 10. |
Company
E, 1st and 2d Platoons at The Spur |
143 |
| 11. |
Company
E, 3d and 4th Platoons at The Spur |
144 |
| 12. |
Company
E, the Assault of the Crest |
146 |
| 13. |
Company
G at The Spur |
148 |
| 14. |
Situation
at Dawn, 12 May 1944 |
150 |
| 15. |
3d
Battalion Attack on Hill 103 |
152 |
| 16. |
New
Plan of Attack, 351st Infantry |
156 |
| 17. |
The
Attack on The Spur |
161 |
| 18. |
The
Attack on Hill 103 |
164 |
| 19. |
The
Attack on the S-Ridge |
166 |
| 20. |
The
End of the Battle on Mt. Bracchi Hills |
171 |
| Singling |
|
| 1. |
Third
Army Front, 5 December 1944 |
178 |
| 2. |
4th
Armored Division, Plan for 6 December 1944 |
180 |
| 3. |
The
Attack on Singling |
184 |
| 4. |
The
Fight in the Village |
213 |
| |
| Illustrations |
| Point du Hoe |
|
| |
Pointe du Hoe cliffs |
1 |
| |
Tip of Pointe du Hoe |
3 |
| |
Western Half of Fortified Area |
8 |
| |
Bomb and Shell Holes |
9 |
| |
Last Lap of the Climb |
13 |
| |
Cratered Ground |
17 |
| |
Wrecked Emplacements |
18 |
| |
Wreckage on the Point |
19 |
| |
Top of German OP Position |
22 |
| |
Ruins on Exit Road |
25 |
| |
Farm Buildings on Exit Road |
27 |
| |
Lane Leading South |
31 |
| |
Col. Rudder's CP |
37 |
| |
After Relief |
41 |
| |
Orchard South of Rangers' Position |
47 |
| |
Area of Highway Positions |
49 |
| |
Typical Norman Orchard |
53 |
| |
Hedgerows |
60 |
| |
Preparing to Leave the Point |
61 |
| |
Men of 2d and 5th Rangers |
62 |
| The Fight on Tanapag Plain |
|
| |
Tanapag Plain |
71 |
| |
Aerial Photo of Tanapag Plain Battle Zone |
75 |
| |
Infantry and Medium Tanks |
79 |
| |
Paradise Valley |
87 |
| |
Aerial Photo of Harakiri Gulch Sector |
91 |
| |
Capt. Lawrence J. O'Brien |
92 |
| |
A Pause in the Battle |
101 |
| |
CP of the 1st Battalion, 105th Infantry |
103 |
| |
The Ditch that Dorey Cleaned Up |
104 |
| |
Capt. Louis F. Ackerman |
105 |
| |
Cliff Walls |
107 |
| |
T/Sgt. Charles Gannaway |
109 |
| Santa Maria Infante |
|
| |
Terrain of Fifth Army's Battle
|
116 |
| |
The Objective of the 351st Infantry
|
121 |
| |
Terrain of the Initial Attack
|
123 |
| |
The Ridge Road
|
124 |
| |
Terrain of Opening Attack
|
126 |
| |
Minturno
|
128 |
| |
Tame
|
141 |
| |
Minturno-Santa Maria Infante Ridge
|
142 |
| |
The Bare Slopes of the S-Ridge
|
157 |
| |
Terrain of Later Attacks
|
160 |
| |
Santa Maria Infante
|
170 |
| |
Returning To Ruined Homes
|
172 |
| |
Panorama
|
173 |
| Singling |
|
| |
Church At Singling
|
176
|
| |
Aerial View Of Singling
|
182
|
| |
Enemy Self-Propelled Guns
|
186
|
| |
Singling Main Square
|
190
|
| |
Garden
|
192
|
| |
Main Street In Singling
|
193
|
| |
View Northeast From Singling
|
195
|
| |
Courtyard
|
198
|
| |
Open Yard
|
199
|
| |
Hauptman's Destroyed Tank
|
200
|
| |
Fitzgerald's Firing Position
|
202
|
| |
Mark V Tank
|
203
|
| |
Lt. Goble's Tank
|
204
|
| |
Scene Near Bining
|
211
|