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American Cemetery above Omaha Beach
American Cemetery above Omaha Beach
Memorial at American Cemetery which contains headstones of 9,387 soldiers that fell in combat.
Memorial at American Cemetery which contains headstones of 9,387 soldiers that fell in combat.
Jeff at Utah Beach with our guide in the background
Omaha Beach from the American Cemetery
The memorial to two American Medics that used the church at Angoville-au-Plain as an aid station to treat local, American, and German injured personnel. According to our guide, a German surgeon even assisted the two medics. See also https://wanderwisdom.com/travel-destinations/Amazing-Untold-D-Day-Story
The church altar was used to treat wounded. The pews in the church are still blood stained.
D-day Experience featured two museums and an actual C-47 aircraft which was moved up and down by computer and hydraulic jacks. We boarded the aircraft and were flown on a simulated paratrooper drop behind enemy lines complete with shell blasts and paratrooper jump.
Prayer given to paratroopers by Lt. Col "Bull" Wolverton at the briefing before boarding and flying to jump behind enemy lines. Col Wolverton's parachute snagged a tree on landing. While suspended he was killed by the Germans.
Longues-sur-Mer gun battery, part of the German Atlantic defense line along the French coast.
The German gun battery of Longues-sur-Mer overlooking the landing beaches. Each battery contained four 150mm artillery pieces, four reinforced concrete pillboxes and a command post.
Two days after D-day, building an artificial port was started at Arromanches. Less than a week later unloading could begin. In 100 days 220,000 soldiers, 530,000 tons of supplies and 39,000 vehicles were unloaded at "Port Winston." Remains of the port are still visible today.
Flowers at a home in Arromamches, home of the artifical port.