It has been a hard slog since we landed five days ago, but we have been giving the Germans one hell of a time! The fighting has been tough, against both enemy regulars and what appear to be more experienced paratroop forces, but slowly we have pushed them to the Southeast. With St. Come-duMont secured to the North, we are ready to proceed across the Douve and take the important town of Carentan. The division has formed up and we established positions across the Douve River just yesterday, so we are next up on the line. This is the first jump that the 101st has really been a part of, but the boys are fired up and ready to take it to them.

Normandy has been set alight with the onset of the Allied invasion, and we are in the thick of it! You and your men were of the few that made it out of St. Come-du-Mont before it was seized by the Americans. Quickly heading South and crossing the Douve River you met up with friendly forces. Now back at the front, you and your men have been tasked with the defense of the key town of Carentan. This area is proving to be of vital importance as it appears to be the link up position between two Allied landings on the coast.

The Germans defended the hedgerows (Richard) and the building at the crossroads (Jerry). The building at the crossroads caught fire and the smoke obscured most of the middle of the field. The American right flank (Lee) slowly advanced through across the field while the left flank (Chris) was stopped in the open by fire from both the German left and right flanks. The Americans decided to withdraw from the field.

The following day, the Americans continued their attack on the German positions. The American right flank (Lee) attempted to advance from the extreme right flank around a minefield but was taking fire from the Germans (Jerry). The American left flank (Chris) laid down a smoke screen and advanced through the smoke toward the German right flank (Richard). The German right flank was not completely reinforced with only two sections deployed. When the American were just about to the hedgerows, the smoke cleared and charged the German reinforced position. The Americans routed the Germans out of one reinforced position but took heavy losses and were pinned. The American weapon teams were wiped out from German fire (Jerry) and their second section charged the second German reinforced position (which had already taken severe casualties from American fire). The Americans took heavy casualties and were forced to routed. A fresh German section deployed and opened fire on the remaining unpinned American section in the open and the Americans took severe casualties with the loss of a junior and senior leader. At this point, the American command structure fell apart and both the American right and left flanks had no command structure. A decisive victory for the Germans.