I haven't much to say
about the American Cemetery in Normandy. Only that
it was one of the most
emotional experiences of my life. While the French
tourists were running and goofing around laughing,
Americans moved
about somberly with tremendous respect for the unbelievable
number of dead soldiers. I found the sheer number of
graves to be overwhelming. Thousands upon thousands
of American
dead, most killed in June or July of 1944.
I find it a bit disheartening to
listen to people talking about the war in Iraq and
saying how we are taking
heavy casualties because we've lost 3,000 soldiers in
3 years. We lost about 3,000 soldiers in the first 3
hours of the Battle of Normandy. Most of them lay
in this place.
The monument.
The crosses and Stars of David line
up perfectly from no matter where you view them.
Here we have a stunning example of one American
serviceman paying homage to another. I don't
believe the two were related.
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