FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2004 COLLEVILLE-SUR MER, FRANCE - NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY
Cemetery Symmetry and proximity to Omaha Beach
(Courtesy Karine Guilbert)
Omaha Beach drew many visitors as well. Seen here from the cemetery pathway the beach looks nothing like it did on D-Day
Main Pavilion
as seen from the air
(Courtesy Karine Guilbert)
Main Pavilion houses 'Tablets of The Missing' and an elegant statue
Cemetery layout looking from the Main Pavilion (at left) towards the 10 plots (lettered
A though J) containing 9.387 graves. The Walls Of The Missing contain
another 1,557 names.
Youth Ascending To Heaven has a grace to its lines
Graveside Chat by this interviewee was typical as media often intruded upon moments of peaceful meditation
Serene View of Plot F, looking toward Omaha Beach typifies the align of the grave markers (Photo courtesy Graham Lawson)
Hello Old Buddy Harry Hudec was snapped by a newspaper photographer as he visited a friend's grave in Normandy
Medal of Honor winners such as this man, the son of President
Theodore Roosevelt, have gilt lettering on their markers
(Photo courtesy Graham Lawson)
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