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6000 feet above Cabourg, 00:11 PM, 6 June 1944: William Giles, 6th British Airborne Division Private William Giles was aboard a glider that had set course for the bridge over the Caen channel. Beneath him, the eighteen-year-old soldier watched the glistening waters of two parallel rivers meander slowly towards the sea, illuminated by the light of a full moon. The scene below was calm and quiet. Above Cotentin-Peninsula, 01:40 PM, 6 June 1944: Raider Nelson, 82nd US Airborne Division Seated in another plane, heading for Normandy, was PFC Raider Nelson. He had hoped the invasion would be focused on Norway. He had been born in Oslo in 1921 and had emigrated to the United States with his parents when he was four years old. Omaha Beach, 06:10 PM, 6 June 1944: Leutenant Hans Heinze, 352nd German Infantry Division A few hundred meters west of WN 62, 21-year-old Hans Heinze curled up in a trench. The noise from exploding bombs and grenades was almost unbearable. Gold Beach, 06:10 PM, 6 June 1944: PFC William Charles Hawkins, 79th British Armoured Division The water came rushing into the tank, cold and frightening. Through the muddy water, Hawkins and the others fought desperately to save themselves in time.
6000 feet above Cabourg, 00:11 PM, 6 June 1944: William Giles, 6th British Airborne Division Private William Giles was aboard a glider that had set course for the bridge over the Caen channel. Beneath him, the eighteen-year-old soldier watched the glistening waters of two parallel rivers meander slowly towards the sea, illuminated by the light of a full moon. The scene below was calm and quiet. Above Cotentin-Peninsula, 01:40 PM, 6 June 1944: Raider Nelson, 82nd US Airborne Division Seated in another plane, heading for Normandy, was PFC Raider Nelson. He had hoped the invasion would be focused on Norway. He had been born in Oslo in 1921 and had emigrated to the United States with his parents when he was four years old. Omaha Beach, 06:10 PM, 6 June 1944: Leutenant Hans Heinze, 352nd German Infantry Division A few hundred meters west of WN 62, 21-year-old Hans Heinze curled up in a trench. The noise from exploding bombs and grenades was almost unbearable. Gold Beach, 06:10 PM, 6 June 1944: PFC William Charles Hawkins, 79th British Armoured Division The water came rushing into the tank, cold and frightening. Through the muddy water, Hawkins and the others fought desperately to save themselves in time.