Below are some pictures from a recent trip to Normandy. A trip here should be on everyone's "to-do" list.
Mortar holes have covered these beaches, permanently marking the landscape.
Les Braves is a war memorial that is located on the shores of Omaha Beach in the village of St. Laurent-sur-Mer in Normandy, France and commemorates the fallen American soldiers, of World War ll who have lost their lives on the beaches of Normandy, June 6th 1944.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was buried at the American WWII cemetery in Normandy, which honors Americans who died in WWII. While he survived WWII, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was buried next to his younger brother, Quentin Roosevelt, who had been killed in action during WWI.