Omaha Beach, today 1st Infantry Division Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer « On Omaha Beach, to your front, assault troops of the U.S. First Infantry Division led the attack of V Corps, landing at 6:30 a.m. on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). The Big Red One soldiers encountered beach obstacles and fierce enemy fire from the bluffs which stopped their advance at the water’s edge, an operation even more difficult than expected. Slowly, with support from naval gunfire, the Big Red One infantrymen advanced, with he