 "Bayfield" anchored again at Plymouth on 29 April and on 7 May began embarking troops of the 8th Infantry Regiment (U.S. 4th Infantry Division) and the 87th Chemical Battalion.By 5 June the invasion force completed all preparations and got underway for the Bay of the Seine.Passing along a swept channel marked by lighted buoys, "Bayfield" and the other transports reached their designated positions early on the morning of 6 June and debarked their troops.