Assault At Brécourt Manor | D-Day June 6 Utah Beach

The assault at the Brecourt Manor guns has been immortalized in the TV series Band of Brothers. A small group of US Paratroopers against an entrenched German platoon. The action eliminated a battery of four guns firing on Utah beach.

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Archive: AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- D-DAY, JUNE 1944 - Department of Defense 1953 - PIN 26157 - GEN
Although the original source of the battle is Stephen Ambrose's book, the source for the video is from WWII Dog tags and FreeRepublic:

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1062013/posts

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