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This post is the third in a series on my D-Day tour of Normandy, France. See the rest of the posts here. Point du Hoc: A hard-won and costly battle Point du Hoc was a strategically important location for D-Day since it was the highest point between Utah Beach and Omaha Beach. The Germans recognized … Continue reading Normandy D-Day Tour: Point du Hoc
This post is the second in a series on my D-Day tour of Normandy, France. See the rest of the posts here. Angoville-au-Plain We next headed to Angoville-au-Plain, a tiny Norman village home to a small and fairly nondescript church where 2 US Army Medics performed some serious acts of heroism that went unrecorded for … Continue reading Normandy D-Day Tour: churches and monuments marking acts of heroism
A couple of days ago, we went on a tour of the Normandy countryside to see various sites related to the D-Day invasion. Norman weather is apparently fairly moody and can change quickly, so I've been told. Our tour day was a perfect example of this. The day quickly changed from the forecast of mostly … Continue reading Normandy D-Day Tour: Utah and Omaha Beaches
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