The First 300 Minutes

摘要

All societies have had conflicts by which they are known-a moment never forgotten even if little is known about the clashing participants. Troy had a wooden horse, the Spartans had a pass, and Marie Antoinette lost her head over cake. Long after the fall of the American empire, men will study our American moment, 6 June 1944-D-Day. On this day, Canadian, British, and American forces breached Fortress Europe and seized a foothold on the way to defeating fascism. At Omaha Beach, the 1st Infantry Division charged its engineers with the daunting task of clearing the beach of obstacles and mines. The 20th Engineer Battalion of the 1140th Engineer Combat Group maintained the audacity and tempo required for the 1st Infantry Division to seize its Normandy objective.