Normandy Again

I know we went to Normandy way back in July and it is now November but this is the only way I keep up with our pictures, which means I have to play catch up.

After the American Cemetery we headed to the Pointe du Hoc Ranger Memorial.



The Allied Forces determined that they had to run the Germans off of this cliff for American landings to be successful.  This is the most massively bombed site of all D-Day targets.  300 Army Rangers attempted a castle style assault on this cliff and only about a third survived.



Everything remains as it was found then.



The bombed out bunkers are considered graves sites.



It was kind of surreal to see our daughters jumping in and out of the bombed out landscape.



After this we headed over to the Dick Winter's Memorial.



Brian and I are both Band of Brothers fans so we really wanted to see this memorial.



Then we visited Ste. Mere Eglise which was the first village to be liberated by Americans.

The Airborne Museum here is dedicated to the daring aerial landings that were essential to the success of D-Day.



We were able to see a Douglas C-47 plane that dropped parachutists on D-Day.



Always love to see the South Carolina Flag.



These were all over the Normandy region.  They were anti-aircraft towers that the Nazi's used to deter allied forces.



Not the best picture but it reminds me of Carolyn eating 4 out of the 6 snails that Brian ordered as an appetizer that night.