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France's Wild West - 15: Normandy: Colleville-sur-Mer / Normandy American Cemetery
Apr 4, 2019 13:30:24 #
FWIW, I was also at that cemetery in 2015, on June 5th (day before D-Day). Unfortunately, I don't walk very well and did not get much photo coverage of that visit. Thanks for posting yours, weberwest.
Apr 4, 2019 14:38:36 #
David in Dallas wrote:
FWIW, I was also at that cemetery in 2015, on June 5th (day before D-Day). Unfortunately, I don't walk very well and did not get much photo coverage of that visit. Thanks for posting yours, weberwest.
Very interesting, so you were there just 8 days after I took these pictures - I am happy that I could bring back some memories to you David!
Joe
Apr 4, 2019 16:28:56 #
Jim70
Loc: Delaware
Thank you for the images. I visited there many years ago - it is still a magnificent sight as your images show.
I offered to send my father there for the 50th anniversary. (He was in the first wave at Omaha Beach.) He declined, saying he'd been there and never wanted to go back.
I also met a gentleman from Ohio who had been with my dad during those days. He had a Nazi flag that the survivors had signed and there was my dad's signature along with his hometown.
My father, the son of a coal miner, raised during the Great Depression, and survivor of campaigns in Normandy and later the Pacific was the greatest man I've ever had the privilege of knowing. God Bless him and all those boys who sacrificed so much in the name of this Country .
I offered to send my father there for the 50th anniversary. (He was in the first wave at Omaha Beach.) He declined, saying he'd been there and never wanted to go back.
I also met a gentleman from Ohio who had been with my dad during those days. He had a Nazi flag that the survivors had signed and there was my dad's signature along with his hometown.
My father, the son of a coal miner, raised during the Great Depression, and survivor of campaigns in Normandy and later the Pacific was the greatest man I've ever had the privilege of knowing. God Bless him and all those boys who sacrificed so much in the name of this Country .
Apr 4, 2019 16:56:44 #
Jim70 wrote:
Thank you for the images. I visited there many yea... (show quote)
Thank you Jim70 for your comment - so many touching stories are unfolding with this place of deep memories.
Apr 4, 2019 17:07:02 #
My visit was part of a day trip from a cruise of the Seine River. All my Normandy photos can be seen here (if you're interested): https://www.flickr.com/photos/8712554@N02/collections/72157656126136528/
Apr 4, 2019 17:08:58 #
My visit was part of a day trip from a cruise of the Seine River. All my Normandy photos can be seen here (if you're interested): https://www.flickr.com/photos/8712554@N02/collections/72157656126136528/
Apr 4, 2019 17:09:43 #
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Apr 4, 2019 17:34:54 #
David in Dallas wrote:
My visit was part of a day trip from a cruise of the Seine River. All my Normandy photos can be seen here (if you're interested): https://www.flickr.com/photos/8712554@N02/collections/72157656126136528/
Thank you David, I will have a look at your captures later this evening!
Apr 4, 2019 17:36:00 #
davids999 wrote:
Always moved by these places. Beautifully documented.
Thank you David, appreciate your post and yes, these are moving places.
Apr 4, 2019 17:41:52 #
This is a beautiful place for these brave solders who gave their lives for their country. May you all R.I.P.
Apr 4, 2019 17:43:22 #
fourg1b2006 wrote:
This is a beautiful place for these brave solders who gave their lives for their country. May you all R.I.P.
Amen
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Apr 4, 2019 17:43:40 #
Very moving. Thank you for sharing. I had an uncle in the landings - he never discussed it.
Apr 4, 2019 17:46:24 #
rwoodvira wrote:
Very moving. Thank you for sharing. I had an uncle in the landings - he never discussed it.
Thank you rwoodvira - very moving indeed - and it is interesting what I hear here from the responses - many of the survivors apparently never wanted to talk about it. I can understand that, it must have been so traumatic - but to live a whole life then with these memories without confiding in others must also have been very hard.
Apr 4, 2019 18:27:17 #
weberwest wrote:
Standing on sacred ground: the vast NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL in Colleville-sur-Mer covers 172 acres and contains the remains of 9380 burials of American troops who died in Europe during World War II. This cemetery, dedicated in 1956, is the most visited cemetery run by the American Battle Monuments Commission with one million visitors a year.
A visit to these immaculately maintained grounds with the vast sea of crosses is a very moving experience.
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A visit to these immaculately maintained grounds with the vast sea of crosses is a very moving experience.
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A very fine memorial.
Apr 4, 2019 19:59:37 #
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