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Omaha Beach was hell on D-Day, 80 years ago today. But it could have been far worse. ... I have twice had the privilege of visiting the American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, ...
We'll almost double that on day two," said Scott Desjardins, the superintendent of the Normandy American Cemetery. "American soldiers will continue to arrive in Europe and all those soldiers need to ...
American soldiers are honored at cemetery in Normandy, France overlooking Omaha Beach, where thousands died in World War II's D-Day invasion.
The American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, on a bluff overseeing Omaha Beach, contains 9,380 graves, most of them for servicemen who lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations.
We walked through the gates of the Normandy American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach just as the staff raised the twin American Flags that fly on the tall poles at the edge of green lawn dotted ...
Later that day I went to the Normandy American Cemetery at Omaha Beach. Rounding the corner, I stood in front of the memorial and looked out upon all 9,387 marble crosses, each standing at attention, ...
We Americans know it simply as Omaha Beach. ... At the American Cemetery and Memorial, nearly 10,000 of our troops rest on a bluff over the Atlantic. As final resting places go, ...
The beach was 800 yards wider at low tide that day, just as it is now. As history well records, bad weather ruled out the 5th. Though the 6th proved better, it was still not a sunny day in France.
Sun., Nov. 10, 2013. Travel: Normandy American Cemetery at Omaha Beach (Cheryl-Anne Millsap / photo by Cheryl-Anne Millsap) ...