2 "Le Vermont", our home for a week in Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Normandy.
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5 Remains of WWII German fortifications. While the bomb craters are plentiful little damage was done short of a direct hit. Still it would not be a place to be when they were falling. By D Day however the guns had been withdrawn about half a lkilometer back.
6 Omaha Beach where the Americans landed
7 Another view of Ohmaha Beach.
8 American D Day landing sector at Ohmaha Beach. It was critical for the Allies to establish a beachhead in the early days of the invasion and build enough strength to resist German counter attack.