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NORMANDY AND CHERBOURG--Jana 6. llllii The'iRODMAN arrived at Normandy at about noon on D-Day. after iafdy UKQ large convoy of landing craft, of which she was the escort commander. Ou uvinl th was ordered to the area screen, an assignment she kept during most of the It WR ing a night air attack that the RODMAN shot down ' her first plane, A JU-88 thlt an bomb our ships in the area. Near the middle of the operation the RODMAN returned to England for supplies. to the area, she carried as a passenger, Major General William Porter, USA., head oi tht U. Chemical Warfare Service. As a climax to the invasion of Normandy the RUDMAN participated in the r Cherbourg. On June 25th a Task Force consisting of two U. S. blttleshipl, two S. cruisers, two British light cruisers, and a mixed force of U. S. and Britilh 6yUl'l into Cherbourg, France, to neutralize the port's defences. It was during thin g gg RODMAN fired on German held soil for the first time, in silencing some M :ig guns. Severaltimes the ship was straddled by eight and eleven inch nhl, 1 man was slightly wounded by shrapnel, the ship itself emerged ungggqg,
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- turned about and after a short search contact was made on another Ger RODMAN group was low on fuel and was relieved by a fresh group which days later. ' 'a beer party was given for the crews of the successful ships- The RODMAN overnight, and the next day she received orders to proceed to Plymouth, Eng- the Invasion of Normandy.
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A convoy of Landing Craft Leaving England for the Norfrnancly Invasion Note Bafrrage Balloons for Repelling Low Altitude Attacks f 9
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