June 02, 2017, 09:20 PM
Sig2340Normandy 2017
As I noted in my
This is London Calling thread in the Lounge, I was given the opportunity to visit Normandy, France.
I plan on a much longer post detailing what I saw and learned from my three days in Normandy, but I wanted to share a taste of the images collected by my camera.
quote:
Sir, I saw a sign back thataways that said...
This is the Paratrooper's Memorial located outside St. Mere Eglise (49°24'5.20"N 1°21'46.43"W). I met an American family there who all but adopted me. I plan to make Leo, the patriarch, a pen pal. Despite being from Brooklyn, I think they'd fit in here like old old hands. More about them later.
I have to admit, I kept swallowing the emotions I felt everywhere I went as the magnitude of the debt we owe those 18-30 year old men sank in.
It was quite an experience.
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government."
Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
June 03, 2017, 04:41 PM
flashguyI visited Normandy on 5 Jun 2015. It is an experience I think every American should have. (I think everyone should visit Arlington National Cemetery, too, and one or more of the American cemeteries in Europe.)
I think this photo says it all for me
DSC_0440-2.jpg by
David Casteel, on Flickr
What a great old gentleman, and just one of the many who fought there.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth June 09, 2017, 02:21 PM
Sig2340More images from Normandy
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Utah Beach, low tide, from the 35' bluff behind the beach
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government."
Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
June 09, 2017, 05:59 PM
flashguyNo pictures, Sig2340.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth June 09, 2017, 06:58 PM
newtoSig765At this point in my life, I doubt I'll make it to Europe, but if I do, a tour of Normandy is my first stop, followed by a visit to the American Cemetery in Luxembourg to show my respects to Gen. Patton.
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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
-- H L Mencken
I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is.
-- JALLEN 10/18/18
June 17, 2017, 12:10 AM
10X-ShooterMy great uncle, Estill Sparks is buried at the Luxenbourg Cemetary. My grandfather, his brother made it back. He fought with the 759th Tank Battalion. It's a beautiful Cemetary. Somewhere I have a picture of my grandfather visiting his brothers grave there.
June 17, 2017, 07:40 AM
flashguyquote:
Originally posted by 10X-Shooter:
My great uncle, Estill Sparks is buried at the Luxenbourg Cemetary. My grandfather, his brother made it back. He fought with the 759th Tank Battalion. It's a beautiful Cemetary. Somewhere I have a picture of my grandfather visiting his brothers grave there.
Photos of that cemetery in 1980:
07-016--Luxembourg Am. Cem. and Mem.jpg by
David Casteel, on Flickr
07-013--Luxembourg Am. Cem. and Mem.jpg by
David Casteel, on Flickr
07-015--Luxembourg Am. Cem. and Mem.jpg by
David Casteel, on Flickr
The American cemeteries in Europe are beautiful and perfectly maintained. Every American should visit one or more of them--a very emotional experience.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth June 17, 2017, 03:31 PM
10X-ShooterThanks! It's a serene place to be laid to rest.
June 20, 2017, 01:25 PM
Skull LeaderI was just there over the anniversary. When were you there?
June 20, 2017, 10:00 PM
flashguyquote:
Originally posted by Skull Leader:
I was just there over the anniversary. When were you there?
Depending on what you mean by "there", I was at Normandy on 5 Jun 2015 and at the Luxembourg Cemetery around Apr 1980.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth June 21, 2017, 11:28 AM
Skull LeaderI was just wondering if Sig2340 and I were there at the same time. Then I saw that his post is from the 2nd so we just missed each other probably. I got there the 3rd.
July 05, 2017, 06:10 PM
Sig2340quote:
Originally posted by Skull Leader:
I was just wondering if Sig2340 and I were there at the same time. Then I saw that his post is from the 2nd so we just missed each other probably. I got there the 3rd.
Great minds, think alike.
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government."
Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018