Normandy Beach / submitted by Penny Hudgins and Patty Lewis of Hampton
Earlier this spring, our trip to Paris and Normandy was a lesson in history that every American needs to learn. On D-Day — June 6, 1944 — American, British and Canadian soldiers, and their allies, left their boats and waded through the water to free France and the world from Nazi occupation. Omaha Beach, an American target, is a crescent surrounded by a high embankment. German soldiers shot the men — average age 20 to 24 — like fish in a fishbowl. There, 2,400 Americans died that day. The invasion up the hill and through surrounding occupied areas lasted more than a month; 8,000 more lives were lost. The bravery of these soldiers defending democracy for the world was monumental. In the photo is the sculpture on Omaha Beach to honor and always remember them.
Visit en.normandie-tourisme.fr.
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