Divisions ashore in France listed
SHAEF, London, England (AP) –
Here is how Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery’s “first team” in Normandy lines up along the beachhead, so far as officially announced:
- At Montebourg, 14 miles southeast of Cherbourg, the U.S. 4th Infantry Division.
- At Sainte-Mère-Église and Carentan farther south, the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions.
- At Isigny and to the south, the U.S. 29th Infantry Division.
- At Trévières and to the south, the U.S. 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions.
- Bayeux sector, the British 50th Infantry Division.
- Between Caen and Bayeux, the 3rd Canadian Division.
- Orne River sector, the British 6th Airborne Division.