Utah Beach lay almost in the center of these man-made lakes.
They held the position during the morning until relieved by troops moving inland from Utah Beach.
The attack on Utah Beach was much more successful.
The new battery location inland was sighted solely for Utah beach.
There he had a magnificent view of Utah Beach.
On 5 August 1944, the 80th landed at Utah Beach.
The most recent changes have been a massive terraforming project to create the beach landing of Utah beach.
Casualties at Utah Beach were significantly lighter with six killed and eleven wounded.
It had led the way onto Utah Beach on June 6 and gone through a score of battles since.
Holding the village of 1,500 people was the key to securing Utah beach and cutting off Cherbourg.