 Gerow ndiye aiva mutungamiri wekutanga wemasoja akaenda kumhenderekedzo yegungwa paD-Day, June 6, 1944, uye akaramba achitungamirira muhondo yeNormandy, iyo yakaona mapoka ake achirwadziwa zvikuru. V Corps pakutanga yakanga yakaumbwa nezvikamu zviviri zvevarwi: veteran 1 uye 29th green, chikamu chake chekare, zvino chinotungamirirwa naMajor General Charles H. Gerhardt. Akanga ari mukuru mukuru wokutanga weAmerica ane chinzvimbo chemajor general kupinda muParis pashure pokusunungurwa kwayoneFrench 2nd Armored Division neUS 4th Infantry Division. Nokuda kwechikamu chake mumushandirapamwe uyu akapiwa menduru yeSilver Star. Mashoko ake anoti: 