Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, yaitungamirirwa naMajor General Matthew Ridgway, yaiva boka revarwi, nemapoka aro maviri, 504th uye 505th Parachute Infantry Regiments (PIR), vachiita kurwisa muSicily
uye Italy. Zvisinei, 504th yakanga isati yasvika kuEngland munguva yekudzidzira Operation Neptune, uye yakanga yatsiviwa mubasa ne507th uye 508th PIRs, zvose zviri zviviri zvakagadziriswa kwenguva pfupi yekushanda (iyo 507th yakazoendeswa ku17th Airborne Division). Nemhaka yechiitiko chayo chokurwisana chakapfuura, 82nd Airborne Division yakapiwa basa rine ngozi zvikuru pamabasa maviri okubhururuka, pakati peCotentin. Rejimendi rayo rokupedzisira, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, rakanga rakarongerwa kubhururuka pana June 7.