Maryland Geocoin 116th Infantry Regiment Memories

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Wednesday, September 21, 2005
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Omaha Beach Assualt

This coin commemorates the 116th Infantry Regiment, a unit of the famous 29th Infantry Division.

The 116th was one of the units making the initial landings at Omaha Beach during Operation Overlord, the allied invasion of France in World War II. Behind them was a great invasion armada and the powerful sinews of war. But in the first wave of assault troops of the 29th (Blue and Gray) Infantry Division, it was four rifle companies landing on a hostile shore at H-hour, D-Day -- 6:30 a.m., on June 6, 1944. The long-awaited liberation of France was underway. After long months in England, National Guardsmen from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia found themselves in the vanguard of the Allied attack. In those early hours on the fire-swept beach the 116th Infantry Combat Team, the old Stonewall Brigade of Virginia, clawed its way through Les Moulins draw toward its objective, Vierville-sur-Mer. It was during the movement from Les Moulins that the battered but gallant 2d Battalion broke loose from the beach, clambered over the embankment, and a small party, led by the battalion commander, fought its way to a farmhouse which became its first Command post in France. The 116th suffered more than 800 casualties this day -- a day which will long be remembered as the beginning of the Allies' "Great Crusade" to rekindle the lamp of liberty and freedom on the continent of Europe.

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Discovered It 10/11/2007 RappelZappel discovered it   Visit Log

discovered.....very nice coin...
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/11/2007 elrecke retrieved it from Weggetreten Niedersachsen, Germany   Visit Log

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Dropped Off 9/2/2007 Juergy placed it in Weggetreten Niedersachsen, Germany - 287.08 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/3/2007 Juergy retrieved it from POINT DE VUE DU NIEL Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France   Visit Log

...and the race goes to Germany.
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Retrieve It from a Cache 6/9/2007 account_deleted retrieved it from Vue d'Hyères...et d'aujourd'hui. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France   Visit Log

Beautiful coin. I'm not sure I can easily help with its mission. I'll drop it as soon as I can.
Dropped Off 5/21/2007 Dédou placed it in Vue d'Hyères...et d'aujourd'hui. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - 4,127.81 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/21/2007 Dédou retrieved it from LE FENOUILLET Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France   Visit Log

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Dropped Off 5/15/2007 loki83 placed it in LE FENOUILLET Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - 12.63 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/14/2007 loki83 retrieved it from La Tour Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France   Visit Log

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