An American in Europe

17 September

Pictures of Normandy

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We went to the American cemetary first, where more than 9,000 U.S. soldiers are buried. That's less than half of the soldiers that died on D-day, because many of the bodies were lost or shipped to the United States.

Then we headed over to a 30-acre battlefield on Omaha beach to see the site of the deadliest part of the invasion. About 60 percent of the soldiers died at La Pointe du Hoc.

Here, the soldiers had to climb 100-foot high cliffs under enemy fire. The U.S. 2nd Ranger Battallion arrived at that spot with a 225-man force. After a 2-day battle with the Germans, only 90 were "combat effective."

The German bunkers, craters from American bombs and barbed wiring are all preserved and maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.

Check it out.

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posted at 00:57:00 on 09/17/04 by ajluvsu - Category: General

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