Which towns did the U.S. 1st and 29th divisions hold by nightfall on D-Day?

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D-Day: Omaha Beach — Omaha Beach U.S. infantrymen wading from their landing craft toward Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

By nightfall on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the U.S. 1st and 29th infantry divisions had established positions around the villages of Vierville-sur-Mer, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, and Colleville-sur-Mer.1

While these locations were far from the ambitious objectives originally planned for the day, the troops had successfully secured a toehold on the coast after facing intense resistance from the German 352nd Infantry Division. Despite the heavy casualties suffered during the assault on Omaha Beach, the Allied forces managed to land 34,000 troops by the end of the day.1