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2017-07-13-14 - Bayeux, Arromanches, war memorials

After being up way too late to photograph sunsets in Normandy during the summer, we headed over to Bayeux and Arromanches as well as Omaha Beach to see a tapestry and war memorials.
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This embattled shore, Portal of Freedom, is forever hallowed by the ideals the valor and the sacrifices of our fellow countrymen.
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This embattled shore, Portal of Freedom, is forever hallowed by the ideals the valor and the sacrifices of our fellow countrymen.

  • Observation slit in the command bunker.
  • Looking back at Arromanches.
  • Path back to the gun batteries.
  • One last view of the gun batteries.
  • Statue - "The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves."
  • This embattled shore, Portal of Freedom, is forever hallowed by the ideals the valor and the sacrifices of our fellow countrymen.
  • View of Omaha Beach from the cemetery.
  • Looking back at Arromanches from Omaha Beach.
  • Guess who is setting up for another picture?
  • Closeup of one of the grave markers.
  • A (small) portion of those buried at Omaha Beach.
  • A (small) portion of those buried at Omaha Beach.
  • Mosaic ceiling in the chapel, depicting America blessing her sons as they depart by sea and air, and a grateful France bestowing a laurel wreath upon the American dead.
  • The chapel in the cemetery.
  • A few more of those who died fighting to free France.
  • Naomi standing at one of the craters left by the bombing leading up to D-Day at Pointe du Hoc.
  • Pointe du Hoc and its craters. Can you spot any of the goats in the background?
  • The actual point itself with the 100 foot cliffs that had to be scaled on D-Day.
  • Pointe du Hoc monument.
  • Such beauty surrounding the battlefield.
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