By the time the second wave arrived the Germans had mobilized it's garrison on the beach heads german snipers and mortars tormented the Americans on Omaha when the mg42s were not. The ramps opened fewer men died as they reacted quicker the mgs stilled ripped men's lives away pvt brill had just lifted his head,from almost puking and got a sniper bullet to the head he died before he hit the ground "There are two kinds of people who are staying on this beach: those who are dead and those who are going to die. Now let's get the hell out of here!"