Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Ellyson" akasvika paPlymouth, pana 22 May 1944 nokuda kwegadziriro dzokupedzisira dzokupinda kweFrance. Pana 6 June iye akafukidza Army Ranger kurwiswa pamusoro Pointe du Hoc kugogodza kunze rinorema pfuti emplacements akashuma ikoko. Musi wa25 June akaona basa kuCherbourg
, kuputika kwezvombo zvepfuti, kuparadza zvimbambaira zvengarava, uye kuisa chifukidziro cheutsi kumapoka makuru engarava.