Destination Normandy

• A cross-section of the American experience on D-Day
• Unique perspective from the regimental level that also integrates strategic and tactical considerations
• Stories of largely forgotten acts of valor

G. H. Bennett collects oral histories from the soldiers of three American regiments and weaves them into an intimate account of the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. Widely scattered during its drop into Normandy, the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (82nd Airborne Division) stopped the advan...