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Operation Overlord
Utah Beach
- In Utah Beach: Cotentin Peninsula air-assault zones
Paratroopers from the U.S. 82nd and 101st airborne divisions were night-dropped inland on the Cotentin in order to support the amphibious assault at nearby Utah Beach. The drop zones for the 101st Division were labeled A, C, and D and were…
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