 Between 07 : 30 and 08 : 30 elements of G / 16 , E / 16 , and E / 116 came together and climbed the bluffs at Easy Red , between WN @-@ 64 ( defending the E @-@ 1 draw ) and WN @-@ 62 ( the E @-@ 3 draw ) . At 09 : 05 , German observers reported that WN @-@ 61 was lost , and that one machine gun was still firing from WN @-@ 62 . 150 men , mostly from G / 16 , having reached the top hampered more by minefields than by enemy fire , continued south to attack the WN @-@ 63 command post on the edge of Colleville . Meanwhile , E / 16 , led by Second Lieutenant John M. Spalding and Captain Robert L. Sheppard V , turned westward along the top of the bluffs , engaging in a two @-@ hour battle for WN @-@ 64 . His small group of just four men had effectively neutralized this point by mid @-@ morning , taking 21 prisoners — just in time to prevent them from attacking freshly landing troops . On the beach below , the 16th RCT commander , Colonel George Taylor had landed at 08 : 15 . With the words " Two kinds of people are staying on this beach , the dead and those who are going to die – now let 's get the hell out of here ! " he organized groups of men regardless of their unit , putting them under the command of the nearest non @-@ commissioned officer and sending them through the area opened up by G / 16 . By 09 : 30 , the regimental command post was set up just below the bluff crest , and the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 16th RCT were being sent inland as they reached the crest . 
