6 June D-Day Anniversary
 

God Bless Them All!

(Aerial View) Military Cemetery above Omaha Beach, Normandy, France


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Maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission (AMBC), the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is situated on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach. It is located on the site of the first American cemetery on European soil in the Second World War, the temporary St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944, and is the largest American Cemetery from the Second World War. The cemetery holds 9,387 graves of US service men and women (four women are buried here), 307 of whom are unknown. There are 33 pairs of brothers buried side by side. The cemetery consists of a visitors building, a central memorial with a large bronze statue called ‘The Sprit of American Youth Rising From The Waves’, and a Garden of the Missing where a further 1,557 servicemen with no known grave are commemorated. The rows upon rows of pristine white gravestones that fill the cemetery as far as the eye can see are a sober and moving tribute to those who gave their lives.

Rest in Peace.....

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RIP, Gentlemen.

You are not forgotten. Thank you for your service, and your sacrifice.

TR

RIP warriors. Thank you for all you have done for our great nation.

Thank you Dad.

Crip

Rest In Peace! Thank you for your service !

I did note in the latest Static Line, 47 of the original soldiers who participated in the D-Day invasion are being hosted in Europe in 2009, the 65th Anniv. Tour starts in Amsterdam. I believe I'll spend some bucks and go along to provide what help I can for the veterans that attend. Can't think of a better way to visit the D-Day sites.

RF 1

That picture never fails to move me...

Our Nation...and the world...is forever indebted, thank you and God Bless.

RIP soldiers. We Europeans are forever indebted to you.

65 years ago to the day, around this time of night Allied paratroopers started dropping into Normandy. My grandfather being one of them as a young PFC in the 82nd, he got his first Purple Heart there. I will never forget.

Thank you, gentlemen.

RIP to those who have fallen in the last year. There are a lot fewer of you every anniversary.

TR

My father-in-law landed at Omaha - 5th Engr Special Bde - never forgave himself for the men he lost that day - used to go out every 6 June as if going to work, drink all day, come home, go to bed, and get up the next day and go on with his life as if nothing had happened for the rest of the year - until the next 6 June anniversary. He was my mother-in-law's second husband - her first died parachuting into Normandy with the 101st earlier that day.

I've taken my sons to St. Mere-Eglise and the Omaha beachlanding area - made them climb down to the beaches below the American cemetery and look back up to see what the troops had to endure - they've never forgotten it.

RIP. I will watch the first 10 minutes of Saving Private Ryan tomorrow to remember them all.

Richard

In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti Amen.
In pace requiescat you brave souls. Thank you.

The ceremony is on french TV today. There's a lot of Americans and French veterans sharing their memories and telling how it was. Very moving. RIP and thank you for your sacrifice.

RIP Warriors. Thank you for your service and your sacrifice.

We remember.


Bandy

Rest in Peace all you Brave Patriots. You will be always remembered by your Brothers in Arms and the American People.