In this update, you will find what was contained in the orders. Dad's shipmate kept watch with him. Dad was Quartermaster as well as a signalman aboard the LCI 587. It is August 12, 1944, and the invasion of Southern France is on the horizon. It is some 10 weeks since D-Day at Normandy.
August 12 - The data and instructions given us include the following:
I. Intelligence Plan:
1. Security Measures
2. Code words
3. Weather data
4. Ocean currents - shore currents
5. Tide tables
6. Beach data
7. Defense installations
8. Astronomical tables
9. Ports
10. Enemy radar
11. Landmarks
12. Known enemy mine fields
13. Captured equipment and documents
14. Glossary of French terms
15. Shore based Intelligence organization
II. Logistics Plan
1. City and port of Ajaccio, Corsica
2. Location of "dump" fuel storage
3. Location and characteristics of pontoon dry-docks
4. Repair facilities ashore
5. Repair facilities afloat
6. Schedule of tankers, colliers and water barges
7.Ships and crafts fitted for special duties
III. Sortie, Convoy and Routing Plan
1. Anchorages (Naples, Salerno, Pozzuoli)
2. Convoy routes
3. Overlay convoy routes
IV. Minesweeping plan
V. Approach Plan
1. Approach disposition
2. Time, speed and distance tables
3. Beach identification procedure
4. Approach routes and points
VI. Unloading Plan
VII. Landing Plan
1. Chartlet Alpha #1 and Alpha #2 showing transport area
2. Disposition of ships in transport area
3. Pre-assault demolition and close fire support plan
` 4. Assault boat rendezvous and approach diagram
5. Landing wave diagrams
6. Landing schedule diagrams and tables
7. Numbering of assault boats
8. Employment of smoke during landing
9. Standard beach marking
10. Demolition of obstacles
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