Mission Detroit

Originally slated to be the main assault for the 82nd Airborne, the glider operation instead became the first reinforcement mission after the main parachute combat assault, Mission Boston.The landing zone for mission Detroit was near Sainte-Mère-Église, to the west of Utah Beach.The objective of the division was to secure the town of Sainte-Mère-Église and to take the bridges along the Merderet River.By doing this, the U.S. 4th Infantry Division coming in at Utah Beach would have easy access to making their way northwards towards the ports at Cherbourg.On 6 June 1944 the heavier elements of the division landed by glider in Mission Elmira.
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