There is a ceremony that only family members can perform. Sand from Omaha Beach is impressed into the engraved name of theit soldier. This is from one of the panels with the names of the missing. Earl Parker was in the 116th Infantry.
The American Battle Monuments Commission has taken over Pointe du Hoc. They have stabilized the erosion and built access to the observation bunker that the Ranger Monument stands on.
Ranger Monument
Musee d'Armee
Ma Deuce and grandson.
Napoleans Tomb
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That place gave me the chills to stand there looking down on Omaha Beach...
Me too. There is an 88 mm gun emplacement at Vierville sur Mer that looks down the entire length of Omaha Beach. And there is little cover and concealment available. And the bluff is steep. A visit should be on every Americans bucket list.
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