Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 18 Eprel, "Arkansas" hapụrụ maka Northern Ireland, ebe ọ zụrụ maka ọrụ bọmbụ n'ikpere mmiri, ebe e kenyere ya n'ikpere mmiri bọmbụ ike na nkwado nke Operation Overlord, mbuso agha nke Northern France. E kenyere ya na Group II, tinyere "Texas" na ndị na-ebibi ụgbọ mmiri ise. A na-ekenye ndị na-ahụ maka ụgbọ elu ụgbọ elu ụgbọelu ya na-ahụ maka ụgbọelu VOS-7 na-efe efe Spitfires site na RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus). N'ụbọchị nke atọ n'ọnwa Juun, ọ hapụrụ ebe ọ na-akwụsị, n'ụtụtụ ụbọchị nke isii n'ọnwa Juun, ọ nọ n'ebe dị nso n'Omaha Beach. N'elekere ise nke ụtụtụ na nkeji iri ise na abụọ, egbe agha nke ụgbọ agha ahụ gbawara iwe na nke mbụ ya n'ọrụ ya. Ọ gbara ogbunigwe n'ebe ndị Germany nọ gburugburu Omaha Beach ruo June 13, mgbe a kpaliri ya ịkwado ndị agha ala na Grandcamp les Bains. N'abalị iri abụọ na ise nke ọnwa Juun, "Arkansas"
gbagburu Cherbourg, iji kwado mwakpo ndị America na ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ahụ; egbe ndị Germany na-agba n'ụsọ oké osimiri gbara ya ọtụtụ ugboro, mana ha enwetaghị ihe ọ bụla. Cherbourg dara n'aka ndị Allies n'echi ya, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, "Arkansas" laghachiri n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri, nke mbụ na Weymouth, England, na mgbe ahụ na Bangor, Wales, na June 30.