On June 6, 1944, U.S. Army Soldiers participated in the largest amphibious landing ever conducted. By the end of the battle, allied troop casualties stood at over 200,000. Marines fighting in the Pacific took this as a learning opportunity and adapted a better manual for amphibious fighting. Lance Cpl. Brian Bolin Jr., 2nd Marine Division, reports.
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| U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Branson Reed, an F/A-18 weapons systems officer, conducts a landing zone brief with a UH-1Y Venom during Exercise Fireball Eagle at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, February 5 (Picture source: USMC/Lance Cpl. Brian Bolin Jr.) |