Robert Cole leads Bayonet charge

11th June 1944: The 101st 'Screaming Eagles' 502nd Regiment take very heavy casualties as they assault Carentan

Lt. Colonel Robert G. Cole talking with Eisenhower on the evening of 5th June, just before they took off.

Five days after their night drop in the early hours of 6th June, both the British 6th Airborne on the eastern flank and the American 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions on the western flank remained heavily engaged with the enemy. The US forces had bee…