Yesterday was June 6th, D-Day… I was at work and wanted to post the pictures I took of the trip out to Normandy, on April sorry these are a day late.

Taken out on the Beach in front of the Musée du Débarquement , an Indoor & outdoor museum commemorating WWII’s Normandy campaign & D-Day landings.  Place du 6 Juin 1944, 14117 Arromanches-les-Bains, France

The pill boxes on the hills of Longues-sur-Mer battery, Batterie allemande de Longues sur Mer, Huge, preserved WWII gun installations, built by the Germans to defend France from sea invasion.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Longues-sur-Mer+battery/@49.3461237,-0.6944897,2690a,35y,1.73t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sHistorical+Landmark!3m4!1s0x0:0x6b20f6cc374e47d8!8m2!3d49.3429641!4d-0.6910658?hl=en

Check out the cliffs in front of these guns, on google maps you can also see how far back they are from the beach.

Normandy cemetery;  The Garden of the Missing

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Normandy+American+Cemetery/@49.3602116,-0.8594511,617m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x480ba820276aa5db:0x85f59b047f230905!8m2!3d49.3602116!4d-0.8572624?hl=en

The Garden of the Missing, reflecting pool

Up by the statue was the ceremony they had for the visiting Americans and veterans in our group.

Time capsule to be opened June 6th, 2044… 100 years.

Omaha Beach: One of 5 beaches used in the D-Day Normandy landings, with visitor center & cliff-top US cemetery.

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