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You're reading too much into things.
You thought there weren't any there--but that wasn't accurate. No more, no less; and just letting you know, not starting a pissing contest.
Marines were there in a support capacity (to direct naval gunfire, help with landing craft, and some specialists ashore), but that's it. No one said they were "storming beaches."
The post I was replying to: "His brother was a marine that hit the beaches at Normandy."
ADG: "I don't think any Marines hit the beaches at Normandy."
(please note, I didn't say anything about being offshore on a battleship)
Rev: "There were a few hundred; but they were mostly in a support capacity and not part of a divisional or battalion-level force on their own."
ADG: "C’mon man. “As members of ships detachments” ain’t storming beaches."
Rev: "You thought there weren't any there...Marines were there in a support capacity (to direct naval gunfire, help with landing craft, and some specialists ashore), but that's it. No one said they were "storming beaches.""
(at this point, you're probably conflating what I said was my personal belief-that no Marines hit the beaches-versus what I said the Army says to tease the Marines-that not a single Marine participated in history's largest amphibious assault-the former is my personal belief "I think", the latter is something the Army says to bust Marine balls)
Now that we've straightened that out, here's a very Marine-centric take by a Marine on why the Marines did not hit the beaches at Normandy:
Rivalry At Normandy | National Review
When I say Marine-centric, he's so desperate to find a Marine connection, no matter how weak or tenuous, he's even trying to take credit for Marines assigned to OSS working behind the lines with the French Resistance.
Look, the USMC has plenty to be proud of in WWII. Plenty. I've got nothing but love for the Marines.
That said...the Marines did not hit or storm the beaches of Normandy.
Cope and move along.
Alex.