Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, i whakahaua e te Major General Matthew Ridgway, he rōpū hōia, me te rua o ona wae, te 504th me te 505th Parachute Infantry Regiments (PIR), hanga peke whawhai ki
Ko Hiti me Itari. Heoi, kaore te 504th i tae wawe ki Ingarangi ki te whakangungu mo te Operation Neptune, a kua whakakapihia i roto i te miihana e te 507th me te 508th PIRs, i whakauruhia mo te wa poto mo te mahi (ko te 507th i muri mai ka whakawhiti ki te 17th Airborne Division). Na te wheako whawhai o mua, i whakawhiwhia te 82nd Airborne Division ki te morearea o nga miihana peke e rua, ki te pokapū o te Cotentin. Ko tana rerenga whakamutunga, ko te 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, i whakaritea kia rere i te Pipiri 7.