My short trip to Normandy last week.
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Last week I paid a visit to Normandy for a few days. I want to share these pictures with you. I hope you will like them.

 

Day 1.

 

First, we (my brother and his girlfriend joined me) paid a visit to Pointe du Hoc.

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Monument for the Rangers on top of the cliff.

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These are the cliffs they had to climb. about 30 meters high!!!

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After that we went to Bloody-OMAHA.

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We had lunch at OMAHA-beach and then we went on towards Arromanches to see the remnants of the Mulberry Harbour and to visit the Cinema circulaire.

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We headed back towards OMAHA-beach to pay our respect to the fallen at the American cemetery in St. Laurent - Colleville-sur-mer. You can see the view from the cemetery towards OMAHA-beach.

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Gravestone of Theodore Roosevelt.

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Lesley J. McNair was killed by bombs from US airplanes in St. Lo while paying a visit to the 30th "Old Hickory" Division.

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End of Day 1.

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My short trip to Normandy last week. - by Frank Gubbels - 11-02-2011, 03:05 PM
My short trip to Normandy last week. - by CaptO - 11-03-2011, 11:00 PM

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