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Visit Omaha Beach Widerstandsnest 65, Normandy, France
This casemate "Ruquet" commemorates the Anti-aircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion, who saw heavy combat on Omaha Beach, on 6 June 1944. The plaque reads:"THIS MARKER COMMEMORATES THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 467TH ANT-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION WHOLANDED ON THE BEACH ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 6, 1944. THEBATTALION SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES IN THE NEUTRALIZATIONOF THE ENEMY BUNKERS GUARDING THE BEACH.A SPECIAL RECOGNITION IS MADE TO THOSE WERE KILLED ORWOUNDED DURING THIS AND LATER CAMPAIGNS INTOWESTERN EUROPE. MAY THEIR DEEDS NEVER BE FORGOTTEN,DEDICATED BY THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE BATTALION.JUNE 6, 1944.""PAX VOBISCUM"
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