Memorial Gap Assault Team 10

Text on memorial:
In memory of Army 1st Lt. Joseph J. Gregory, Navy Ensign Lawrence S. Karnowski and all 40 members of Gap Assault Team 10, SPECIAL ENGINEER TASK FORCE. Here, at Easy Red approximately 6:33 am, they faced impossible odds to open one of 16 safe lanes of approach through the obstructed sands of Omaha Beach. Army Engineers, say "ESSAYONS" - "LET US TRY" Lt. Gregory (146th ECB), ENS Karnowski (NCDU-45) didn't merely "try"... THE DID

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Koos Winkelman