Written by Wildcat Dianne on October 1, 2007
- On April 19, 1985, I was 11 days shy of my 18th birthday, but I accomplished one of my travel dreams. It was to visit Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, which has become famous for...
Written by Ed Hahn on December 19, 2005
- I believe I didn’t really absorb the significance of D-Day and its aftermath until I visited some cemeteries, particularly the American cemetery situated about halfway between Colleville sur Mer and St. Laurent sur Mer. In...
Written by Ed Hahn on December 17, 2005
- As I said in the review of the British and Canadian Beaches, this is a story impossible to tell in 500 or even 1,500 words. For a suggested 3-day exploration of all the invasion beaches,...
Written by Ed Hahn on December 17, 2005
- I think it’s impossible to write a review of the D-Day Invasion sites in 500 or even 1,500 words, so I’m positioning these two reviews as “Experiences.”I have visited this area twice. In March 2003,...
Written by Idler on June 5, 2004
- May 29, 2004: The Final MusterThe build-up has been massive; week after week we’ve been bombarded with stories and rumors, but now at long last it’s the big day.No, not the invasion of Normandy...
Written by Idler on June 5, 2004
- Pointe du HocIt is late in the afternoon when we reach Pointe du Hoc, a rugged headland jutting out to sea west of Omaha Beach. The Allies believed a powerful artillery battery was in place...
Written by Idler on June 5, 2004
- THE NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY
Anyone who’s seen Saving Private Ryan is familiar with the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. There’s that final scene, when the surviving veteran comes to pay his respects; the camera...
Written by Idler on June 5, 2004
- MULBERRIESI am trying to explain to my son, with scant success, what a mulberry was, "mulberry" being the code name for artificial harbors constructed off the Normandy coast. "They deliberately sank old ships,"...
Written by Idler on June 5, 2004
- RANVILLE CEMETERYIt is perhaps fitting that our first D-Day stop is at Ranville Cemetery, the final resting place of the first Allied soldier killed on D-Day. His name was Den Botheridge, and he was...
Written by bdxtremeone on April 2, 2008
- OMAHA BEACHIf you’re very fond of war movies and watched “Saving Private Ryan” or played “Call of Duty 2” then you definitely know about the battle that happened on this beach. The Allied forces invaded...
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