06-18-2008, 05:59 AM
Johnson’s force secured the north side of the lock, as the lock controls the canal, without opposition. 4 rifle platoons crossed the lock and after a brief skirmish established a defense perimeter on the south side.
Throughout the morning and afternoon of June 7 1944, 88mm artillery fire from Carentan, mortar fire from Ste. Come du Mont, and snipers along the northern perimeter caused increasing casulaties making movement difficult
