Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 22 May "Rodman" akasvika paPlymouth uye pana 23 May akatora mabasa seCTU 126.2.1 nokuda kweOperation Neptune, chikamu chegungwa cheOperation Overlord kupinda 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. Achidzokera mumvura dzeEngland kubva pana 21 kusvika 24 June, akabatana
TF 129 musi wa25 Chikumi sezvo iro simba rakabatana neUS IX Army Air Force mukutsigira US VII Corps (9th, 79th, uye 4th Divisions) ichiswedera paCherbourg.