2. Utah Beach Landing Museum As the name suggests, this museum focuses on the landing at Utah Beach. But before going in, it’s worth walking around the several memorials outside the museum.

But it could have been far worse.” June 6), here is a small bit of history for Utah Beach. The first U.S. soldier off the landing craft ramp was Capt. (later, Col.) Leonard T. “Max” Schroeder.

Unbeknownst to the men of LCC 60, the combination of limited visibility with a strong ocean current and winds caused the first wave of landing craft they directed to come ashore about 1,000 to 1,500 ...

6:30 a.m.: Beach landings begin. How D-Day progressed on the five beaches Utah: Assaulted by U.S. forces. This beach saw the fewest Allied casualties: 197 troops killed or wounded among 23,000 ...

A father’s Normandy memory: Amid the ‘thud, thud’ of bombs, he landed on Utah Beach By Bryan Marquard Globe Staff,Updated June 5, 2024, 7:04 a.m.

The 82nd and 101st were dropped to protect the invasion zone’s western extremity and to facilitate the Utah Beach landing force’s movement into the Cotentin Peninsula.