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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Somber Remembrance

D-Day - The Sixth of June, 1944. It was really hard for my wife and me to visit Pointe du Hoc on 9/11 of 2011, and for all the reasons one might expect. The day of our brief train trip from Paris to Normandy dawned exquisitely beautiful. And so unlike the dark, and deep sadness she and both felt as our guide took us to there under pristine sky.

As I looked at the pictures from that day and from Normandy, Omaha Beach, and then Pointe du Hoc, I tried in these photos to recapitulate what it must have felt and looked like to all the troops, German and American, at that initial point of combat contact. The sky's were anything but placid,

We must "Remember Them." All of them, and at the moment of their death, they all bled the same color. And more was and is yet to come.

Against Deadly Odds

NIKON D700 Manual Lens No CPU lens 24mm f/11.0 1/800s 1100 ISO -0.3 EV

The Wall

NIKON D700 Manual Lens No CPU lens 24mm f/11.0 1/800s 3200 ISO -0.3 EV

The Wire

NIKON D700 Manual Lens No CPU lens 24mm f/11.0 1/800s 3200 ISO -0.3 EV

The Cost

NIKON D700 Manual Lens No CPU lens 24mm f/11.0 1/1600s 1000 ISO -0.3 EV

Feb 14, 2023 at 06:12 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Somber Remembrance

it is always sad to remember such tragic events. my dad was career army and he was in the army during the european campaign and was at bastogne. he never talked very much about his war experiences in ww11 or korea. he was part of that generation who bravely did what needed to be done. thank you for sharing.

Feb 18, 2023 at 08:09 PM


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