D-Day 6th June 1944
The World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is situated on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach and the English Channel in Colleville-sur Mer, France.
Click image for detail view to look at all the crosses.
God bless each one and their families…
Click to see em 
D-Day Remembered…
Ike addressing Paratroopers of the 502nd PIR, 101st Airborne Division, at Greenham Common Airfield, England, at about 8:30 p.m. on June 5, 1944. I’ll start by posting this link to the Blog Round-Up of posts about the 60th Anniversary of…
D-Day Plus 62 Years…
Sixty-two years ago today, the greatest armada to ever invade a foreign land landed on the beaches of Normandy. It became the beginning of the end for Hitler’s Third Reich, and forever established America as a force to be reckoned with, a force …
and hold dear the story of bloody beaches and dangerous static lines may not know that the Coast Guard was there too, far away from home, bleeding and dying and fighting along with the Army, Navy, and other Allied troops… Update: More below… Jerry at Confabulation has a picture of the memorial at Normandy. John at Op-For picks my favorite piece from the landing at Normandy - Point du Hoc. The Rangers scaled the cliffs only to find their objective missing… Captain B at One Marine’s View