Regarding the scenes in SPR set on Omaha beach, I remember a lot of threads in the Close Combat forums about how inaccurate the beach scene was and how it turned out most of the grippers were the ones who were wrong. C Company of the 2nd Rangers were attached to support the far right of the 29th Division. On this first map you can clearly see Dog 1 Exit, at the bottom, between WN71 and WN72. Yes the bluffs were much higher than in the movie, and yes the beach was deeper as they came in at low tide to expose as many anti-landingcraft obstacles as possible. But if you imagine the spot where Tom Hanks landed was to the right of the exit than they could very easily have been assaulting that one strong point area that was farther down than those on the higher bluffs to the west (note the arrow pointing North being DOWN)

P.S. Omaha Beach was SEVEN MILES long, so what you saw in the movie was only the very far right of the attack sectors now remembered as Omaha Beach.





[This message has been edited by LordLovat (edited January 16, 2002).]