Comments by "COL BEAUSABRE" (@colbeausabre8842) on "Operation Neptune - They come by sea!" video.

  1. When I was a lieutenant, my battalion was sent to Army Landing Force Amphibious Training (ALFAT) at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. We officers participated in the same training as our men during the day, but had additional training geared to our rank in the evening. One particular nugget I found interesting was that US Navy doctrine assigned one destroyer in support of each Battalion Landing Team, a light cruiser to each Regimental Landing Team and either a heavy cruiser or battleship to each assault division. Additional ships would be in reserve to be assigned missions as needed.
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  2. OK, I would think the Mulberry Harbors were a bigger job, but PLUTO was a prodigious feat in itself
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  3. President Roosvelt directed that a rescue force be provided by the US Coast Guard for the Normandy invasion Thus was born Rescue Flotilla One, sixty 83 foot cutters with their normal crews augmented by medical personnel. with twelve vessels assigned to each beach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpAF3ulwHXIhttps://media.defense.gov/2017/Jul/02/2001772345/-1/-1/0/USCGRESCUEFLOTILLAONEHISTORY.PDF#:~:text=Carrying%20out%20the%20Coast%20Guard%27s%20time-honored%20task%20of,for%20
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