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The 1st Infantry Division and the 29th Infantry Division landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day, while the 4th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach.

The 82nd Airborne Division and the 101st Airborne Division landed in the early morning darkness before the seaborne troops hit the beach.

There were also some "independent" tank and self-propelled artillery battalions which went in on the first day.

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