The Band of Brothers*
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"Ste. Come-du-Mont"*
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US Army Airborne Advance* 
Germany Delay*

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June 8, 1944*

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Design:  Dick Burleigh*

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Capturing the port city of Carentan on the Douve River would link the Allied forces arriving from Omaha Beach with those coming inland from Utah Beach thus consolidating the two beach-heads.  Ste. Come-du-Mont was the last obstacle to be overcome before the advancing Americans could move against Carentan.  In addition to capturing Ste. Come-du-Mont, the US Airborne forces hoped to cut off the withdrawing Germans before they escaped into Carentan.  Historically, the Germans were on the move towards Carentan by the time the American paratroopers broke out of the woods onto the Carentan Highway.  Some sources considered this action as an American advance against the withdrawing Germans.  Some others considered it a german counterattack against the Americans.  How will it appear to you?*
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Deploy Easy and Fox companies at the locations marked along the road to Ste. Come-du-Mont.*