On August 9th the 489th Battalion arrived at Omaha Beach.  

After a short stiff fight the town was cleared of all but rear-guard sniper action.

I bet you have been worrying about me, especially as we were not allowed to write any letter for a period of a couple weeks.

Betty the French people are a thousand times nicer to you then the English people.  Each and every town we go there we collect flowers, cider, wine and even bread.