Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 22 May "Rodman" akasvika paPlymouth uye musi wa 23 May akatora mabasa seCTU 126.2.1 yeOperation Neptune, chikamu chegungwa cheOperation Overlord kupindirwa kweFrance. Musi wa24 May, akaitisa maekisesaizi ekubhomba pamhenderekedzo. Ipapo akamirira. Musi wa4 Chikumi konvoyi yeB-1, yakaumbwa, yakatungamira ichipfuura neEnglish Channel, asi ikadzoka, sezvo kupindirwa kwakatarisirwa zuva rimwe. Musi wa 5 June boka racho rakaumbwazve ndokuenda kumabvazuva, panguva ino richienderera mberi kuenda kuFrance uye richiendesa zvikwata zvekuwedzera kuOmaha Beach masikati emusi wa 6 June. "Rodman", akaparadzaniswa paakasvika munzvimbo yekurwisa, akabatana neTG 122.4 uye kusvika musi wa 16 Chikumi akapa rutsigiro rwekuvhara uye akafamba muBaie de la Seine. Nguva pfupi yokuzorora paPlymouth yakatevera, asi musi wa18 June akadzokera kumhenderekedzo yeNormandy. Kudzokera mumvura dzeEngland kubva 21 kusvika 24 June, akabatana neTF 129
musi wa25 Chikumi sezvo simba iroro rakabatana neU.S. IX Army Air Force mukutsigira US VII Corps (iyo 9th, 79th, uye 4th Divisions) iri pedyo neCherbourg.