This is the Sullivan Clan in our B&B in Normandy. It was a cold and wet November Thanksgiving weekend but it was a fantastic trip.
Omaha Beach. One of the main landing beaches for the for the American Forces in WWII. Just an awsome site.
Looking down on the beach. Think about thousands of American Men swimming out of landing vehicles...looking up.....at bullets flying at them. Most didn't have a chance.
The D-Day Museum.
An old Armored Vehicle.
Andrew next to an american gun.
One of out tanks
This is an old German gun turret. See all the shell hits this took.
Chris inside the D-Day museum.
THE AMERICAN CEMETARY....JUST SO MOVING..........
The main memorial deep in the Cemetary
Below is a 22 foot tall bronze statue "The Spirit of the American Youth Rising From The Waves"
Ther eare 9,387 American Soldiers buried at this cemetary. There are 33 pair of brothers budied side by side.
Churches....Many of the Churches in Normandy survived. Neither side was interested in bombing the churches. This is an old church we found on some random road.
This is the Church at St. Mere Eglise. The 101 Airborne landed here. Below you can see the Paratrooper effigy representing a Trooper who had the misfortune of getting caught on the Church as he decended. He was shot by the enemy.
Stainbed Glass in the Church at St. Mere Eglise.
We had a great trip to Normandy.....November 2008
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