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2. Normandy, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Normandy is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Maverick County, Texas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. [2] It is in the northwestern part of the county, along U.S. Route 277 in the Rio Grande valley.

3. Operation Overlord - Wikipedia

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   The Normandy landings were the largest seaborne invasion in history, with nearly 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers. [127] The opening of another front in western Europe was a tremendous psychological blow for Germany's military, who feared a repetition of the two-front war of World War I.

4. 29th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Allied battle plan for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy. As the ships were traveling to the beach, the heavy seas, combined with the chaos of the fighting caused most of the landing force to be thrown off-course and most of the 116th Infantry missed its landing spots.

5. Normandy landings - Wikipedia

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   The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day (after the military term ), it is the largest seaborne invasion in history.

6. Pointe du Hoc - Wikipedia

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   06.39 – H-Hour – D, E and F companies of 2nd Ranger Battalion approach the Normandy coast in a flotilla of twelve craft. 07.05 – Strong tides and navigation errors mean the initial assault arrives late and the 5th Ranger Battalion as well A and B companies from 2nd Battalion move to Omaha Beach instead.

7. James Earl Rudder - Wikipedia

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   James Earl Rudder was born on May 6, 1910, in Eden, Texas, the fifth son to survive to adulthood of Dee Forest and Annie Rudder (nee Powell). [1] Rudder attended Eden High School, where he was a member of the first football team at the school, graduating in 1927. [2]

8. Entry-level job - Wikipedia

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   An entry-level job is a job that is normally designed or designated for recent graduates of a given discipline and typically does not require prior experience in the field or profession. These roles may require some on-site training. Many entry-level jobs are part-time and do not include employee benefits.

9. American logistics in the Northern France campaign - Wikipedia

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   The transport USAT Seatrain Texas. The commander of the 2nd Military Railway Service, Brigadier General Clarence L. Burpee, arrived in Normandy on 17 June, and by the end of July the 707th Railway Grand Division had the 720th, 728th and 729th Railway Operating Battalions and the 757th Shop Battalion operational. [59]