We visited the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France near Normandy. This World War II cemetery honors American troops who died in Europe during the war.
The cemetery has 9386 soldiers from WWII and 1 from WWI buried.
The cemetery is located on the bluff overlooking Omaha Beach. Omaha Beach was one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion. You can see Omaha Beach in the background of the picture.
Omaha beach was the bloodiest beach of the D-Day Beaches with approximately 2,500 American solders loosing their lives.
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The cemetery has 9386 soldiers from WWII and 1 from WWI buried.
The temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery was established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944, as the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. The present day cemetery is located just a short distance to the east of the original site.
The Memorial was dedicated in 2007. I have pics of it on my other camera that aren't downloaded so had to borrow a pic cited below.
this pic from here
The cemetery is located on the bluff overlooking Omaha Beach. Omaha Beach was one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion. You can see Omaha Beach in the background of the picture.
Omaha beach was the bloodiest beach of the D-Day Beaches with approximately 2,500 American solders loosing their lives.
Invasions were made along the Normandy coast which was divided into five sections: Utah, Omaha, Gold, June, and Sword. Here are a few pics from three of the beaches.
My husband on the beaches.
Such a moving experience to visit this National Cemetery and walk on the Normandy Beaches - Judy.
Note: Stop back by for more of our visit to Paris, Amsterdam and cruising on the Rhine River.
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Good area to visit, I never have been there
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos! Thank you for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteWe visited the cemetery and beaches in March 2017. A very moving experience and one of the best parts of our trip to England and France.
ReplyDeleteHello, what a beautiful and historical place to visit. Thanks for sharing your trip. Enjoy your day, have a great weekend ahead!
ReplyDeleteA touching tribute to our fallen soldiers - WWII was my parents war and I always think of them and their friends during that struggle
ReplyDeleteThis is such an important place to visit. Kudos to you for including it on your tour of the European area.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing your experience with us. That's a lot of crosses, it gives one pause.
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