The 16th Infantry Regiment: Heroes of the First Wave’s Hellish Journey in Vietnam
The 16th Infantry Regiment at Omaha Beach: A Heroic Tale of Courage Introduction Among the many Allied military units storming the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944, was the 16th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division. Its members faced a particularly daunting task: As part of the first wave of the largest…