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US 4th Infantry Division land on Utah Beach from US Coast Guard LCI, destroyed vehicles and body's lie all over beach. Casualties on Utah Beach, the westernmost landing zone was the lightest of any beach with 197 out of roughly 23,000 troops landed.

The 4th Infantry Division found themselves in the wrong positions due to strong current that pushed the landing craft to the southeast. Instead of landing at Tare Green and Uncle Red sectors, they came ashore at Victor sector, which was lightly defended. Relatively little German opposition was encountered. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr,, the assistant commander of 4th Division, was famous for stating "We'll start the war from right here."