Wn65 St-Laurent-sur-Mer le Ruquet ouest
This is where the first HQ of the Americans on Omaha Beach was established.
This bunker had been constructed on the higher grounds at Beach Exit E 1 in sector Easy Red. The pillbox was armed with a 50 mm anti tank gun, one of the obstacles that barred the way through the Ruquet valley. Finally WN65 was surrounded by some small army units of the 116th Regiment and the 16th Regiment. It was Sergeant Haas of the 467th Anti-Aircraft-Artillery Automatic Weapons Batallion who destroyed the 50mm anti tank gun with his 37mm gun on his half track. In doing so 20 Germans surrendered and the Beach Exit was opened up by the engineers who immediately started to free the through way for the military vehicles on the beach. Beach Exit E 1 would become the most important exit on D-Day.
You can still see the damaged the meat-chopper did to the back
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