Thread: How the D-Day Beaches got there Code Names
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Old 07-01-2009, 09:05 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Drew5233 View Post
The two American beaches named Utah and Omaha are thought to have been chosen by the two American corps commanders and named after the US States where they were from. However General Collins came from Louisiana, not Utah and General Gerow came from Virginia not Omaha.
Omaha is not a state, it is a city in Nebraska.
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