it was so bad general omar bradley watching from off shore, seriously considered calling it off. things were going a bit better on utah beach. and as thought was, well, get well, retreat back from omaha and for utah. but you can't re track men imposed on a b you'd have to just abandon them there. that's a hard call. it didn't happen, of course encouraged by navy commander off shore, rear admiral john lesley hall, bradley decided he would just continue to push men and ashore as fast as he possibly could and hope that eventually momentum of that would allow them to secure the beach. one of the things that saved them literally saved the invasion. and here comes my central argument now was a handful of destroyers, most of them american. two of them were royal navy, british that came to the rescue almost like the cavalry riding to save the wagon train. then all the western. shipping of the stuff because i don't have pictures to prove it. as i mentioned in world war two, the primary function of destroyers was to act escorts for convoys back and forth across the north atlantic that brou