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WWII Memorials

WWII Memorials - The people of Normandie remember and honour well the sacrifices made by allied soldiers on their behalf. See Map

Normandy American Cemetery - 7 photos

Normandy American Cemetery - as seen in Saving Private Ryan - this, the largest American Cemetery in France, contains 9,387 graves, and walls inscribed with 1,557 names of the missing.

Omaha Beach - 6 photos

Omaha Beach - where the tide ran red with blood - My father landed here on June 7th, 1944, the day after D-Day.

Pointe-du-Hoc - 8 photos

Pointe-du-Hoc - cliffs overlooking the western end of Omaha Beach, scaled by the U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion under heavy fire

Brittanny American Cemetery - 14 photos

Brittanny American Cemetery - Saint-James, Normandy - Smaller than the well-known Normandy American Cemetery, Brittany Cemetery boasts elegant landscaping, featuring grave markers laid out in graceful gently curving lines. After the war, my father served here as Honor Guard. See Map

Unsung Hero- 16 photos

My father fought in WWII, having landed on Omaha Beach and fought his way through Normandy, to Belgium, where he was captured. He spent the last eight months of the war as a POW in a stalag on the Polish border.

After the war he was stationed again in Normandy, at Brittanny American Cemetery, where he served as Honor Guard.

He has rarely spoken of his war experiences, but little by little, through my mother and other acquaintances, we learned what a hero he was. Our most recent such revelation came at Brittanny Cemetery on Armistice Day, 2004.

Ma Normandie Galleries - WWII Memorials