I just returned from a visit to Omaha Beach at Normandy nearly 70 years after D-Day. Amazing opportunity! Very sobering place. I am U.S. Air Force retired, so this is a very special place to me. It is the final resting place for 9,387 brave soldiers who paid the ultimate price for freedom.
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My son walking on Omaha Beach, where nearly 70 years ago it ran red with the blood of brave soldiers.
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A monument erected on Omaha Beach
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Point Du Hoc
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Bomb craters still very visible
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Thanks for sharing this...I can't imagine how moving it must have been to stand on that beach. ...and thank YOU for your service! :hi:
Cap'n Ron. . .
WOW!
Thank you for sharing indeed!
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