kdrk888 wrote: Danpbphoto wrote:
Douglas, was this one of the German gun implacements above the beach? I am reading a very interesting book on D-Day from the German perspective written by a German interviewer just after the war.
It seems, in many instances, our ordinary infantry soldiers were more alike than different in thoughts about D-Day.
If you teach, or they are taught, true history what they choose to "take from" the history should NOT reflect on you/parents. I am sure if the time came for them to "run towards the fire", they would.
I envy you and my brother Tony, the opportunity to visit these places.
Dan
Yes, Dan. It's one of the emplacements. We couldn't drive close to the cliff, the tour bus stopped at a parking lot and we took a short walk to to cliff, the craters created by bombs are very visible on the grounds. I wondered what kind of courage the rangers had to have to climb up that cliff while being shot at by machine guns. I had not gone to a movie theater for many years, until Saving Private Ryan was released. The main reason we went to France was to visit the American Cemetery in Normandy. If one is not humbled, and grateful, looking at rows after rows of white tomb stones, there is something wrong with his/her heart.
This might interest you Douglas. I am finding it fascinating in many ways.
Dan
Jun 09, 2020 at 12:41 PM
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