Have stood on those beaches looking up at the cliffs........really makes you think hard about who had the idea of going that route. Likewise got inside the cliffside pill boxes looking down on the beach.

Very sobering visit

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Posted by BoxComboNoSlawXToast

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Posted on 6/6/19 at 12:40 pm to Tigah D

Dudes had huge balls to get off the boats and storm the beach, can’t imagine the doors dropping and looking out and seeing what they saw.

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Posted by eitek1

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Posted on 6/6/19 at 1:11 pm to Tigah D

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Have stood on those beaches looking up at the cliffs........really makes you think hard about who had the idea of going that route. Likewise got inside the cliffside pill boxes looking down on the beach.

Very sobering visit

I went there in '07. I've read about everything I could get my hands on pertaining to the invasion and D-day. Only when I stood on "Omaha" beach and looked at the land did I appreciate just how challenging that was. The fact those guys made it off of that beach is a testament to the absolute drive they had. The sheer concentration of machine gun "nests" they had for a given sector of the beach was insane.

Those guys did it somehow.

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Posted by ForLSU56

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Posted on 6/6/19 at 6:00 pm to Tigah D

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Have stood on those beaches looking up at the cliffs........really makes you think hard about who had the idea of going that route. Likewise got inside the cliffside pill boxes looking down on the beach. Very sobering visit

I concur and I'm not ashamed to say I kept a lump in my throat and had a tear or two run down my face as I walked around in the Normandy American Cemetery.

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