Near a Mine Field in Verville-Sur-Mer
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These troops had been ashore for four days and were in the town of Verville-Sur-Mer, about one and a half miles inland from Omaha Beach. What was once a pleasant country town became a mass of ruin and devastation. It had the flavor and stench of death to these weary Yanks. Mine fields were a German defensive obstacle designed to "channel" advancing Allied troops into destructive fields of artillery and machinegun fire.
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