Record of events: Arrived via port Omaha 0900. Anchored and remained till 1500. Left LI 400 and to shore by US LCA. Marched 1 1/2 miles to transit camp. Left Transit Camp 1815. Arrived Bricqueville 2145. Distance 9 miles. Into bivouac and digging for holes. First experience of shrapnell of some kind 2400 and fox holes dug deeper