June 6, 1944

[NutmegCT]

The Allies arrive in France. Freedom begins to return in Europe.

 

[ckeithjordan]

My wife and I have had the privilege of visiting Normandy twice, once in 2000 and then in 2005. On our second trip, we had arranged a private D-Day tour for our entourage of 7. While on Omaha beach, looking at maps and discussing the landings with our guide, this older lady comes up and stands by our gathering. She begins to speak in French, and my wife, who speaks French, interprets that she was a young lady in 1944, living in Paris and was evacuated by her family to Normandy. She witnessed the landings and thanked us for being the liberators and bringing freedom to France. There wasn’t a dry eye among our group!

 

[NutmegCT]

The first French village liberated, Ste Mere Eglise. Their church's stained glass window honors the Allied paratroopers.

 

[JPSmit]

My father was at Juno beach on DDay +3. Haven't been there but hope to. He was Dutch but was there as a translater for a Canadian regiment - don't exactly know how that happened either.

 

[DrEntropy]

My father was at Juno beach on DDay +3. Haven't been there but hope to. He was Dutch but was there as a translater for a Canadian regiment - don't exactly know how that happened either.

Mine went in at Utah via Mulberries. AA quad-fifty gunner.

 

[Gliderman8]

Mine went in at Utah via Mulberries. AA quad-fifty gunner.

Mine entered France without a passport on the southern beaches of France.
A BARman.
When I was 15 my dad took me back and showed me the beach he came ashore on.

 

[NutmegCT]

And my dad was with the Signal Corps in the South Pacific. New Georgia, Fiji, Solomons, etc.

He missed the whole Normandy thing!

 

[waltesefalcon]

I had a good friend who was at Normandy this past weekend.

 

[AngliaGT]

NEVER FORGET