Remembering the Sailors

The sailors' monuments at Utah beach. Along with the clear blue sky.

 

Honoring the Navies

Monuments on Utah beach honoring the men who got everyone there.

 

Entrance to Utah Beach

Utah Beach has one of the larger displays for D-Day. It even has a museum. The tank traps are original. The landing boat is a replica.

 

Arromanche

Still able to see the temporary port in the chilly, foggy October day.

 

Flags

In the churchyard at Ste. Maire Eglise.

 

Bunkers at Point du Hoc

Pretty good pictures of some of the bunkers the Rangers had to face on D-Day. Needless to say, they're not in great shape anymore.

 

Inside Ste. Mairie Eglise Church

The small village church is still beautiful. It also has stained glass windows, some of which thanking the Brits about WWI and some about D-Day.

 

Fields of Holes

Point du Hoc still has so many craters from D-Day. This is the place you can see the scars of war most easily in Normandy. Even the grass growing over them doesn't cover them up.

 

The Church with the Paratrooper

Fittingly, the airborne museum is right across from this church in Ste. Maire Eglise. This is where the paratrooper was trapped for several hours after his chute tangled with the steeple.