D-Day. The Battle for Normandy

Alanbrooke, War Diaries 1939-1945 , London, 2001, p. 555 (6 June)
    p. 149 Eadie and ‘Fireflies’, see Carlo D’Este, Decision in Normandy , New York, 1983
    ‘I suppose that’s what . . .’, Lieutenant Cyril Rand, 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles, MdC TE 499
    ‘It equally impressed . . .’, NA II 407/ 427/24170
    p. 150 ‘the enemy annihilated . . .’, Seventh Army telephone records, NA II 407/427/ 6431
    ‘He was still convinced . . .’, Nicolaus von Below, Als Hitlers Adjutant, 1937-1945 , Mainz, 1980, p. 374
    Panzer Lehr Division, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, Panzer Lehr Division, ETHINT 66
    ‘What’s happened to...’, BA-MA MSg2/5025
    p. 151 4,649 US seaborne casualties, Omar Bradley, A Soldier’s Story , New York, 1951, p. 242
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SECURING THE BEACHHEADS
    p. 152 29th Division headquarters, NA II 407/427/24034
    farmhands and Pennsylvania coal miners, 29th Division, WWII VS
    ‘The sea was like . . .’, Oberstleutnant Ziegelmann, 352nd Infanterie-Division, FMS B-489
    p. 153 MP Sergeant, Melvin Asche, 1006th Seabea Detachment, MdC TE 126
    ‘looked at us . . .’, Madame Huet-Patry, Vierville-sur-Mer, MdC TE 22
    ‘I guess they didn’t know . . .’, Barnett Hoffner, 6th Engineer Special Brigade, NWWIIM-EC
    p. 154 ‘deloused’ areas, Forrest C. Pogue, Pogue’sWar ,Lexington,Kentucky, 2001,p. 63
    USS Harding , Walter Vollrath Jr, USN, NWWIIM-EC
    p. 155 ‘Again Colonel Rudder . . .’, Elmer H. Vermeer, 2nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, with 2nd Ranger Battalion, NWWIIM-EC; also Lieutenant Francis W. Dawson, 5th Ranger Battalion, NWWIIM-EC; and Lieutenant Rex F. Gibson, Headquarters Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, NA II 407/427/ 24242
    ‘stumble-footed action’, NA II 407/427/ 24034
    bartering, Brugger, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, NWWIIM-EC
    ‘Hey, I need a hedgerow . . .’, Oscar Rich, 5th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, NWWIIM-EC
    A-1 landing strip, W. G. Schuler, 382nd Air Service Squadron, 84th Group, NWWIIM-EC evacuation of wounded by air, Louise Anthony de Flon, 816th Medical Air Evacuation, MdC TE 177
    p. 156 Gerhardt, see Joseph Balkoski, Beyond the Beachhead , Mechanicsburg, Pa., 1999, pp. 44-50
    ‘Sergeant, I want you . . .’, John Hooper, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, NWWIIM-EC
    V Corps plan, Oberst Ziegelmann, 352nd Infanterie-Division, FMS B-489 and B-636
    p. 157 ‘the Führer personally . . .’, General Günther Blumentritt, OB West, FMS B-637, p. 263
    ‘a tough learning period . . .’, Lieutenant Cameron K. Brooks, 115th Infantry, 29th Division, NA II 407/427/24242
    ‘Lieutenant Kermit Miller ...’, NA II 407/427/24240; and Captain S. S. Suntag, 115th Infantry, NA II 407/427/24242
    ‘It was nearly midnight . . .’, NA II 407/ 427/24240
    ‘trouble from those . . .’, Captain Otto Graas, Headquarters Company, 29th Division, NA II 407/427/24241
    p. 158 Gerhardt and ‘Vixen Tor’, Staff Sergeant Lester Zick, Anti-tank Company, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, NWWIIM-EC
    ‘John Doughfoot looked . . .’, Lieutenant George Wash, 224th Field Artillery Battalion, 29th Infantry Division, NA II 407/ 427/24242
    ‘an American on a white horse . . .’, Staff Sergeant Lester Zick, Anti-tank Company, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, NWWIIM-EC
    Isigny, Edwin R. Schwartz, 747th Tank Battalion, NWWIIM-EC; Staff Sergeant Lester Zick, Anti-tank Company, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, NWWIIM-EC; and Balkoski, pp. 170-74
    p. 159 ‘Rubble was everywhere . . .’, Lieutenant George Wash, 224th Field Artillery Battalion, 29th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24242
    Generalleutnant von Schlieben, FMS B-845
    ‘17.00 hours went into . . .’, Captain Claude J. Mercer, 29th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/ 427/24242
    p. 160 Montebourg, Louis Lucet, MdC TE 107; and Valognes, MdC TE 111
    Georgians at Turqueville, Captain Le GrandK.Johnson, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, NA II 407/427/24242
    ‘and Jerry went from one to another . . .’, Lieutenant George W. Goodridge, 44th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Division, NA II 407/427/24240
    ‘Their throats had been cut . . .’, Captain Claude J. Mercer, 29th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/ 427/24242
    ‘sniping coming from a building . . .’, Sergeant W. C. Cowards, 22nd Infantry, 4th Division, NA II 407/427/24242
    p. 161 ‘France was like . . .’, Captain Robert E. Walker, 19th Infantry Division,