The Canadians were allocated the area from the village of Courseulles all the way to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer – codenamed Juno Beach. The British, Americans and Canadians were each assigned a portion of France’s Normandy beaches. In 1940, he was sent to England for further training.įast forward to D-Day – the Allied Invasion of France on June 6, 1944. Doohan did so well he became a Commissioned Lieutenant with the 14 th Field Artillery Regiment of the 3 rd Canadian Infantry Division.
