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The 29th Infantry Division was the vanguard of the Allied attack on the hostile shores of Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Teamed with the 1st Division, a regiment of the 29th (116th Infantry) was in the first assault wave to hit the beaches at Normandy on D-day, 6 June 1944.
The 29thDivision underwent its reorganization on 22 March 1963, with Virginia contributing three of the four artillery battalions, and two battalions of infantry.
After leaving the Blue and Gray Division on 12 March 1942, the 176th Infantry remained as part of the garrison of Washington, D.C. The unit was reassigned to the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, on 11 April 1943.
The 16th Infantry of the 1st Division landed to their left and the 2d Ranger Battalion was assigned to capture the cliffs on their right.
Headquarters Battery, 29thDivision Artillery, and the 227th Field Artillery Battalion put to sea on New Year's day in the S.S. Bienville, followed two days later by the John Erickson with the signal company and reconnaissance troop.
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