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Day 3: Normandy
... a piece of shrapnel. SO amazing! We also were able to go up to the hedgerows, an old tank, and even crawled into a pillbox. Seriously, even as I read this back to myself, the words don't even begin to touch on how hard it tugged on our hearts. It was like grandpa was there. Tom was walking and said aloud, "Okay, where to next, grandpa?" and we immediately smelled a horrific whiff of horse ****. I made no immediate ...
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
... spot now; the horrors of its origin are just a story.
We only spent a few minutes on the sand, but it was enough time to make silly footpaths patterns and collect some sand as a souvenir. The closer we got to the water the deeper our shoes sank, and the harder it was to get them out. We all piled back onto the bus trailed by sandy footprints.
Our next stop was a drive up the nearby cliff up to Point-du-Hoc. This place, though familiar to the French, is ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 2
After the museum, we took a ten minute drive through some tiny village streets, (in the huge coach bus), to the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. This is where all of the American soldiers are buried who lost their lives during the D-day landings and and ensuing operations. The cemetery was established by the U.S. First Army in June, 1944, and was the first American cemetery on European soil in WWII. The seemingly endless rows of white ...
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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