‘The first wave went through hell’ – how the 16th Infantry Regiment’s heroism helped bring victory on D-Day
- Written by Joseph Harris Carpenter, Oral Historian, Department of History, University of Texas at Arlington
Members of E Company of the 16th Infantry Regiment approach the Normandy beaches in the first wave of the D-Day invasion.National Park ServiceAmong the many Allied military units storming the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944, was the 16th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division. Its members faced a particularly daunting...