Re: "Rhino Beach" = "Utah Beach"?

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:14:45 -0500, "Wesley Johnston"
<wwjohnston@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>If I am reading the timing correctly, what was called Utah Beach on 6 June
>1944 was being called Rhino Beach on 9 August 1944, at least for this
>particular unit in this particular operation.

That appears to be the case. I would not at all be surprised that the
names of the D-Day beaches were retired shortly after the landings.
After all, you wouldn't want an 18-year-old clerk typist claiming in
1945 that he'd just landed on Omaha Beach!

In practical terms, the term D-Day was also retired. Up to June 6,
1944, it means the day of any proposed operation, as H-Hour designated
the hour. Thereafter, D-Day has been pretty much restricted to
Normandy on the 6th of June.



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