FADE IN:
 
CREDITS:  White lettering over a back background.  The
THUNDEROUS SOUNDS OF A MASSIVE NAVAL BARRAGE are heard.  The
power is astonishing.  It roars through the body, blows back
the hair and rattles the ears.
 
FADE IN:
 
EXT. OMAHA BEACH - NORMANDY - DAWN
 
The ROAR OF NAVAL GUNS continues but now WE SEE THEM FIRING.
Huge fifteen inch guns.
 
SWARM OF LANDING CRAFT
 
Heads directly into a nightmare.  MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS from
German artillery shells and mined obstacles tear apart the
beach.  Hundreds of German machine guns, loaded with tracers,
pour out a red snowstorm of bullets.