it is located off the beaten path, so it is very quiet there..
there are two of these little towers, one on each side :
inside one of the towers:
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:52 am
some one placed this on top of the memorial:
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Wow.......... that last pic..........
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:59 am
from the right tower:
i just stood there for the first 5 minutes... couldnt do anything else..
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:00 am
Most but not all D-Day casualties are in Benny sur Mers. I have a few from there as well.
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:02 am
Man they go on FOREVER
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so coming up is a randomly selected group of markers,
I tried to get at least one of every unit that was there:
i know they are all on their side, sorry for that....
at the end, i replaced the maple leaf under the rock..
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WDHIII wrote:
Man they go on FOREVER
youre not kidding my friend... over 2000 Canadians there,
from 18 year old kids to guys our age:
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Gonna yoink this one too if its ok M.
Amazing pics. Its strange how well preserved some of the headstones are yet a few seem like theyve eroded a bit.
Then again they ARE over 50 years old
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martin14 wrote:
WDHIII wrote:
Man they go on FOREVER
youre not kidding my friend... over 2000 Canadians there,
from 18 year old kids to guys our age:
unbelievable
A sight like that must be heart stopping
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WDHIII wrote:
Wow.......... that last pic..........
yeah just rips ur heart out huh
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Oh what a beautiful place!
O. Bennett's Stone makes me cry
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Gonna yoink this one too if its ok M.
Amazing pics. Its strange how well preserved some of the headstones are yet a few seem like theyve eroded a bit.
Then again they ARE over 50 years old
yeah some of them are pretty beat up.. there was a sign posted that there was a project to replace some of them, starting as early as September of this year.
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:13 am
DonnaWho wrote:
Oh what a beautiful place!
O. Bennett's Stone makes me cry
it really is DW.. quiet and peaceful.
at least they have a beautiful place to sleep now, and forever..
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nanza wrote:
WDHIII wrote:
Wow.......... that last pic..........
yeah just rips ur heart out huh
yeah it was very emotional being there.. im really glad i went though..
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