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Day 3: Normandy
... There was a monument to Major Winters of the 101 Airborne ( Easy Company) in an area where the paratroopers were dropped, scattered, before the D-Day push to trap the enemy from behind. After visiting all of the cities where grandpa went on his campaign, we opted for a late lunch/early dinner at a family restaurant in Carentan aptly called, "The 101st Airborne Restaurant and Bar." Okay, we thought it would be a tourist trap ...
The D Day beaches of Normandy!
... able to go to a lot of the sites that the larger vehicles can't access. William, a student of the events that happened here, also had lots of knowledge to share that we wouldn't have gotten otherwise. Everything from stories told by his grandmother of 2 paratroopers knocking on her door asking for directions to incidents shared by veterans he has led on tours!
I think I can safely speak for our entire ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 3
... about the attack, one moment the watchman looked up and the horizon was clear; the next, thousands of Allied ships and planes were headed straight for them. Judging from the shear number of craters and their coverage, it is safe to assume that it was basically raining bombs. Those Germans built some pretty strong bunkers, though, because most of them, (if they were not directly hit), are still in tact.
Standing on the edge of a crater, it is hard to imagine that the ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 2
... with roseettes next to them. The wall is similar to the one in Washington D.C. for all those lost in Vietnam; it emits the same feeling of overwhelming loss.
There are two structures beyond the burial area: a circular chapel and, at the far end, granite statues representing the United States and France. Haley and I went into the little chapel. It has flags hanging on either side of the alter, (something you don't see in any other ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 1
... and transportation lines so the German forces on the beaches could not call for help when the attack began. On the right side of the screen, a calm and routine day is beginning at the German base on the beaches of Normandy. They had no idea what was coming.
As the attack gets closer and closer, the action and the music becomes more intense, until one German lookout on Point de Hoc spots the thousands of ships heading toward the shore: a wall of ...
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