August 7, 1944 — The coming D-Day in southern France (Part 2)
August 7, 2024August 9, 1944 — Sailing for the southern France D-Day (Part 1)
August 9, 2024Final loading of Phil’s 30th Infantry Regimental troops, along with the 3rd Infantry Division troops, was completed on 8 August, 1944.[1]
On August 8, the various units of the convoy began getting underway, to rendezvous later.
As yet only a few of the troops knew their final destination.[2]
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On August 8, the 3rd Division finished loading at Pozzouli and embarked aboard the LCIs for their final destination.
The impending invasion in Southern France would mark the fourth time in World War Two that the 3rd Division invaded a hostile shore on a D-Day.[3] It would be the fifth time is you counted the D-Day plus 3 of the Salerno, Italy invasion.
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By August 8, the 30th Infantry finished loading at Pozzuoli and embarked aboard LCTs, LCIs, and LSTs for their destination somewhere on the French coastline.[4]
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[2] Taggart, 196.
[3] Champagne, 74.
[4] Larimore, At First Liight, 118.
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