Road passes under water way canal.

          

 

 

         

 

      

 

                                            

 

 

                  

           

                                           

 

                                                                              Our tour guide Suzi and Michael DeValavielle at Brecourt Manor

                                                                             

 

 

 

                   

 

               The very new memorial to the 101st Airborne, erected by Michael DeValavielle at the edge of his property

              

 

 

                                                                   Utah Beach museum

                                                                 

 

 

             

 

            

 

    

 

 

        

 

 

       

 

                       

 

       

 

 

                                        

 

 

               

 

                

 

 

        

 

 

                                                      

 

                

 

                                                

 

 

                

 

 

   

 

 

 

                

            

              Location of fox hole used by Brigadier General Gavin, 82nd Airborne Division, near LaFriere Bridge.

             

 

     

 

 

 

                                                                       

 

         Church of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, founded in the 12th century.  

        

 

 

                                        

 

 

                                                        

 

 

               Musee  des Troopes Aeroportees

               

 

 

           

 

 

                   

 

 

                          

 

 

                                                                                                      

 

 

        

     

 

 

                                                                

 

             Sainte-Mere-Eglise, possibly the center of town.

             

 

 

      Pointe du Hoc,   situated between Utah beach and Omaha beach

     

 

 

 

                     

 

            

 

 

                                               

 

 

                         

 

 

         

 

 

        

 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

                                             

      

 

           Normandy American Cemetery has 9387 headstones, 3 Medal of Honor recipients, situated on 172 acres.    

 

                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                 

 

 

                                                                      

 

 

                       

 

 

           

 

                                                                   Pointe du HoTiled ceiling of the chapel at Normandy American Cemetery

                                                                                      

 

 

              

 

                                       Chapel

                                      

 

 

                             

 

 

                                          

 

                                        Normandy American Cemetery overlooking Omaha beach

                                       

 

 

                 

 

 

         German bunker overlooking Omaha Beach     

         

 

                                                  Omaha Beach      each

                                                  

 

 

 

                                     

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                

 

 

                  

 

 

             

 

 

 

                        

 

 

       

 

                   

                                                                                       Our trip's expert historian from West Point Military Academy, Ken Hamburger, PhD