Call to Duty: Outagamie County in World War II
D-Day

Roland Vogt landed with the 1st Division, nicknamed the "Big Red One," on Omaha Beach. The unit left from Southampton, England, and zigzagged across the English Channel to the invasion site. A total of 2,727 Allied ships made the channel crossing.

Allied landing on the Normandy coast, June 6, 1944
Allied landing on the Normandy coast, June 6, 1944
Courtesy of The Post-Crescent



A soldier made this monument to a dead comrade
on the coast of Normandy, June 1944
Courtesy of the National Archives; W & C # 1045

Officials report 750 American dead and 1,750 wounded
on Omaha Beach on D-Day.

 


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A soldier made this monument to a dead comrade on the coast of Normandy, June 1944
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