Thank you so much for your reply. Yes I am trying to find out just that, but that is but a small thing that I search for. I would like to someday be able to put all the information on a website for the 397th AAA. I have some information but it is general in content. I would like more specifics. I know that they were not recognized a lot but lost a lot that day. Where I get lost is, was all the beaches part of the 1st army? was the 116th and the 16th on different beaches? How were these man picked to go that day and not later as part of the mulberrys. How come some like my dad ended up in different places. He didn't stay with the mulberrys later he was shot(and shipped home) defending airfield A-92 in Belgium New Years Day. Some of his original unit was with him, but who? Was it just done by company? you go here, you go there? Wasn't there two different armies there that day, the first and another one? Aren't there something called morning reports? Something written by the people in command ? Do you think they would have them for the day before d-day or that morning before they took that puddle jump into hell? Mr. Hosbach, I have read a lot of your answers to many question on this site and would like to thank you for helping so many of us searching for answer for your time, patience and sharing your knowledge. To any one else please feel free to contact me with regards to the 397th AAA. I do have some of the rosters and pictures. Also someone's response ended up in my spam box and it got deleted accidentally please re-send.