WWII Memorials Galleries

WWII Memorials : WWII Memorials See Map - The people of Normandie remember and honour well the sacrifices made by allied soldiers on their behalf.

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WWII Memorials

WWII Memorials See Map - The people of Normandie remember and honour w ...

Updated: Aug 31, 2007 5:46pm PST

Normandy American Cemetery : Normandy American Cemetery See Map - as seen in Saving Private Ryan - this, the largest American Cemetery in France, contains 9,387 graves, and walls inscribed with 1,557 names of the missing.

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Normandy American Cemetery

Normandy American Cemetery See Map - as seen in Saving Private Ryan - ...

Updated: Jun 01, 2009 8:51pm PST

Omaha Beach : Omaha Beach See Map - where the tide ran red with blood - My father landed here on June 7th, 1944, the day after D-Day.

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Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach See Map - where the tide ran red with blood - My father la ...

Updated: May 26, 2009 1:54pm PST

Pointe-du-Hoc : Pointe-du-Hoc See Map - cliffs overlooking the western end of Omaha Beach, scaled by the U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion under heavy fire

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Pointe-du-Hoc

Pointe-du-Hoc See Map - cliffs overlooking the western end of Omaha Be ...

Updated: Aug 30, 2007 6:40pm PST

Brittany American Cemetery : Brittany American Cemetery - Saint-James, Normandy See Map - Smaller than the well-known Normandy American Cemetery, Brittany Cemetery boasts elegant landscaping, featuring grave markers laid out in graceful, gently curving lines.  

After the war, my father served here as Honor Guard.

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Brittany American Cemetery

Brittany American Cemetery - Saint-James, Normandy See Map - Smaller t ...

Updated: Aug 30, 2007 7:29pm PST

Unsung Hero : Unsung Hero
SFC  Raymond  J.  Provencher -  March 21, 1925 - July 30, 2008

My father fought in WWII, having landed on Omaha Beach and fought his way through Normandy, to Belgium, where he was captured.  He spent the last eight months of the war as a POW in a stalag on the Polish border.

After the war he was stationed again in Normandy, at Brittany American Cemetery, where he served as Honor Guard.

He rarely spoke of his war experiences, but little by little, through my mother and other acquaintances, we learned what a hero he was.  Our most recent such revelation came at Brittany Cemetery on Memorial Day, 2004.

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Unsung Hero

Unsung Hero SFC Raymond J. Provencher - March 21, 1925 - July 30, ...

Updated: Aug 31, 2007 8:44pm PST