75th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy (2019)

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Utah Beach

 

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National Guard monument, Omaha Beach.

 

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Normandy American Cemetery.

The cemetery is right next to Omaha Beach.

 

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A plaque inside the visitor center.

 

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[KellyinAvon]

In 1994 (retired) General Norman Schwarzkopf was at Omaha Beach for the 50th anniversary. Standing on the beach looking at the German positions he said something I'll never forget. "These are the best defensive positions I have ever seen."

 

[jwamplerusa]

Sylvain, thank you for the pictures!

 

[churchmouse]

Sylvain, as always. Thank you for taking the time to share this with us.

 

[AllenM]

This is an awesome post, thanks for sharing.

My dad was a Sea Bee during WWII I am not sure where he was on D Day though

 

[Expat]

My uncle was in the D day invasion. He was in the 101st but was detailed to the 82nd for the invasion.

 

[KokomoDave]

Sylvain, do you think you can take better pictures of my great uncle's monument? RADM Don Pardee Moon, Please and Thank You!!

 

[Sylvain]

Sylvain, do you think you can take better pictures of my great uncle's monument? RADM Don Pardee Moon, Please and Thank You!!

Is it this plaque at Utah Beach?

That's not easy to take a better picture (but I could try), the plaque is inside a bunker in a narrow corridor, so it's not really possible to stand in front of it.You have to take the picture from the side like the picture above, and stand outside of the bunker.

You can see the plaque is right next to the door.

There is a small room inside with pictures.Not sure if one is your great uncle or not.

 

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Omaha Beach sand is a popular souvenir.

 

[indiucky]

If you are on Twitter Sylvain I am making you famous today....I've tweeted out all of your pics and have already gotten a shout out from the U S National Guard historian...Thank you for everything you do for us here...

@indiucky on Twitter.....

he just retweeted your pic....

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[FONT=&quot]Here you go sir...Courtesy of Sylvain from Normandy...
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