Updates – Honor 307 – A Tribute to Unknown Soldiers

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This one is a model, but one unlucky paratrooper did wind up stuck on the church roof after parachuting in on D-Day

Scars of war – this fence was grazed by bullets in 1944

The famous church in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, one of the small towns that saw intense fighting

Bluffs on Utah Beach

Utah Beach

Flags flying high over Utah Beach

Monument to Major Richard “Dick” Winters, the commanding officer of the famous “Band of Brothers” Easy Company

Pointe du Hoc, a cliffside scaled by Army Rangers on D-Day. The holes are craters from artillery shells fired by the U.S. Navy back in 1944

I am standing in a hole from an artillery shell on Pointe du Hoc. Their size is incredible

Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach

This map found in the cemetery depicts the Normandy landings. It’s massive up close.

The precursor to the Normandy American Cemetery

Jimmy’s grave, which we honored during our visit

Normandy American Cemetery

Proof of the detail in the cemetery’s presentation

Normandy American Cemetery

Normandy American Cemetery

Normandy American Cemetery

The grave of an unknown soldier

I found this row in the very back corner of the cemetery. As far up the line of crosses as you can see are unknown graves, one after the other, all the way back

Normandy American Cemetery

One of the two American flags lowered to “Taps” at the end of every day in the cemetery