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I highly doubt 20% of all CFC'ers have been to the place.
Who has been to the D-day landing beaches in Normandy ?
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I highly doubt 20% of all CFC'ers have been to the place.
Mad Man
Your lord and master
I'd love to go there, but I doubt I'll ever have the money or time.
holy king
Deity
mine too, did they meet?
Mad Man
Your lord and master
Thorvald of Lym
A Little Sketchy
I visited Juno two years ago. They have a museum just up the hill. Does anyone know if the stakes on the beach are from the landing docks?
kaos429
Hunting Wabbits
About 9 or so years ago, on my first trip to the Netherlands as an adult, some of the family caught wind that I was interested in WWII, so they offered to drive my Mom an I to Normandy for two nights and three days. We visited the Pegasus Bridge, Juno beach, Omaha beach, Arromanche(sp), Caen (stayed here both nights), Point du Hoc, the Canadian cemetary, and the US cemetary at Omaha. And any Museum I could stop by on the way.
I loved the experience. It really topped off all I saw in that trip, including another trip we took to Arnhem to see the Bridge Too Far. I'd love to take another trip to Normandy at some point, to see what has changed and what has not. I have lots of pics from that trip to compare to.
I loved the experience. It really topped off all I saw in that trip, including another trip we took to Arnhem to see the Bridge Too Far. I'd love to take another trip to Normandy at some point, to see what has changed and what has not. I have lots of pics from that trip to compare to.
Aramazd
Deity
Never been, but I plan to someday when I can actually afford to go.
I went a couple years ago. Really great historical sites all along the coast there. They've maintained some of the old fortifications, which are interesting to walk through. There's also a great cinematic theater giving a 360 degree visual/audio presentation linking footage from D-Day to the present which is just awesome and I always suggest everyone visit it, it's worth the price and time completely.
I went to the cemetery there and decided to walk to the ocean, mostly just to say I'd touched the Channel (it's wet). On my run back up the beach I got flown over by a group of old WWII-era prop planes. It was a bit eerie to be running up the D-Day beach with that noise around me.
I went to the cemetery there and decided to walk to the ocean, mostly just to say I'd touched the Channel (it's wet). On my run back up the beach I got flown over by a group of old WWII-era prop planes. It was a bit eerie to be running up the D-Day beach with that noise around me.
My dad was a doctor on an LST off Omaha Beach.
aelf
Ashen One
Has anyone visited the white flag further inland?
classical_hero
In whom I trust
I have not been Europe, but I intend to visiting many important places. I have been to Pearl Harbour.
My Grandfather was part of the landings, which is why I think he came here to Australia, to forget about the horrors of war.
My Grandfather was part of the landings, which is why I think he came here to Australia, to forget about the horrors of war.
I might have - where is it ?
aelf
Ashen One
You're trying too hard.I was a joke to pander to American sentiments
amadeus
burning out his fuse out here alone
Nope. I'll probably be going east rather than west.
Shekwan
Kim Chi Quaffing Celt
Nope. Missed a school trip there once though.
Can't say I've seen any battlefields.
Can't say I've seen any battlefields.
SS-18 ICBM
Oscillator
For those who have been there, are the rows of Rommel's Asparagus still there?
Not for lack of desire. But both times I have been to Europe (74-76 and 94-96) I was unable to get there due to time and money constraints. I don't expect to ever get back there, now. 
I never saw any asparagus...
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