[texas booster]

Fascinating account of what happens when one shoots their mouth off without bothering to do the research. It shows again that a modern peacetime society must be careful in judging past events. The war was not going very well for us until after D-Day was assured to be a success. What if D-Day had failed due to a leak of plans, or simply dumb luck for the Germans?

The total of 639 American killed and missing was 10 times the actual losses on Utah beach on June 6 1944.

Is this a typo, or did we only lose 65 men on Utah beach the first day? After watching Private Ryan it is a wonder anyone survived.

[SAMWolf]

Morning texas booster.

Casualties were "light" on Utah Beach, "Private Ryan" was about Omaha Beach were casualties were heavy.

"At Bloody Omaha, as it came to be known, there were approximately 4,000 U.S. casualties. At Utah Beach casualties numbered fewer than 200."

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning texas booster. Keep in mind this statement is about American Forces and only on Utah Beach and doesn't include the many Allied Forces that were killed with us.

Here is another report:

The breakdown of US casualties was 1465 dead, 3184 wounded, 1928 missing and 26 captured. Of the total US figure, 2499 casualties were from the US airborne troops (238 of them being deaths). The casualties at Utah Beach were relatively light: 197, including 60 missing. However, the US 1st and 29th Divisions together suffered around 2000 casualties at Omaha Beach.

How many Allied and German casualties were there on D-Day, and in the Battle of Normandy? (halfway down page)