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Day 3: Normandy
I really don't even know how to describe what we saw and did today. We caught a train to Caen and then rented a car, driving up the coast of Normandy to follow Grandpa DeAngelis's WWII path. We stopped first at Omaha Beach, despite the fact that grandpa wasn't there, because of the historical and emotional significance. We walked through the museum, watched a short video, then walked around the memorial and the cemetery ...
The D Day beaches of Normandy!
... this trip to Normandy was the high light of our trip. Nothing I can share with you, words or pictures, can replace the experience of walking the beaches our troops did back in 1944 and experiencing that history first hand. Ken and I are already talking about a return visit at some point in the future. We will spend time in Normandy and give the area the time and attention it deserves - Paris will just have to wait! ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 3
... has been kept the way it was left after the Allied forces overran it. There are dozens of deep craters all over the area where the Allied bombs struck the base. Most of the German construction is below ground, but the craters are deep, so many of the bunkers are damaged, if not destroyed.
We were allowed to walk around and venture into any bunkers we wanted. Haley and I separated from the group early on, (which, retrospectively, was a poor decision because we almost ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 2
... monument surrounds a bronze statue of a naked man known as the "Spirit of American Youth." Behind the memorial statue is the Wall of the Missing, also a semi-circle garden. Inscribed on the walls are 1,557 names. Over the years, during constructions and searches, some of the bodies belonging to these names have been recovered and identified. When someone is found, their name gets a bronze roseette next to it; there are only about a dozen names on ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 1
... in the museum were of the end of the war on the Japanese and German fronts: the devastation in Japan after the bombing, and the picture of Hitler and his wife lying dead in Hitler's office after killing themselves.
We did not have much time in the museum, so everyone grabbed a quick lunch in the food court there, and we headed out. Haley and I were the last ones because we needed to stop at the gift shop for postcards and souvenirs. Definitely worth it though. ...
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