Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 22 o Mei ka tae a "Rodman" ki Plymouth, ā, i te 23 o Mei ka riro i a ia ngā mahi hei CTU 126.2.1 mō Operation Neptune, te wāhanga moana o Operation Overlord te whakaekenga o Wīwī. I te 24 o Mei, i whakahaerehia e ia nga whakangungu pupuhi uta. Na ka tatari ia. I te 4 o Hune i hangaia te waka B-1, i anga atu ki te Channel Ingarihi, engari ka hoki mai ano, i te mea i whakaroa te whakaekenga i te ra kotahi. I te 5 o Hune ka whakauruhia ano te waka ka anga ki te rawhiti, i tenei wa ka haere tonu ki France ka whakarewa i nga whakakaha ki te Takutai o Omaha i te ahiahi o te 6 o Hune. Ko Rodman, i wehe i te taenga mai ki te rohe whakaeke, i uru ki te TG 122.4 a tae noa ki te 16 o Pipiri i whakawhiwhia ki te patu patu me te tirotiro i te Baie de la Seine. I whai ake i te wa poto i Plymouth, engari i te 18 o Pipiri ka hoki ia ki te takutai o Normandy. I hoki mai ia ki nga wai o Ingarangi mai i te 21 ki te 24 o Hune, ka uru atu ia ki te TF 129
I te 25 o Hune i uru atu ai taua ope ki te US IX Army Air Force hei tautoko i te US VII Corps (te 9th, 79th, me te 4th Divisions) e tata ana ki Cherbourg.