The story
The 907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion with a group of the 321st GFAB were aboard the Susan B Anthony which struck a mine and sank off Omaha Beach. The artillery troopers managed to get ashore without loss of life however, they had to wait until June 9th for the guns and vehicles to be off-loaded.
A small echelon of the 907th GFAB consisting of an officer and 3 enlisted men did parachute onto the DZ on D-Day however, the main body of the battalion arrived seaborne.
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