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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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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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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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:07 am
WDHIII WDHIII:
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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WDHIII WDHIII:
Wow.......... that last pic..........
yeah just rips ur heart out huh
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:10 am
Oh what a beautiful place!
O. Bennett's Stone makes me cry
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WDHIII WDHIII:
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 DonnaWho:
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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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:14 am
nanza nanza:
WDHIII WDHIII:
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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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:17 am
its really strange that there is so little about D-Day itself at the Juno center..
I went to the Pegasus Bridge Memorial, over on the British side...
they have some area set aside for the Canadian boys who went with them....
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:21 am
the original bridge...
there were actually two the same, but they werent able to save the first.
it swings up:
bullet holes from a German fighter:
and some still come to pay respects..
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:23 am
a Horsa Gilder, which delivered the troops:
apparently, 3 of these made a quick landing 200 meters from the bridges,
they were captured in 10 minutes..
the original:
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:23 am
I can shed some light on one of those headstones. Major John Vernon Love, D Company of the Regina Rifles was killed when his landing craft hit one of the underwater mines. My uncle was also on that landing craft and was one of only two who survived the explosion. They were only in 10 feet of water by that time but the men were loaded with 80lbs of gear. If not for the fact my uncle was a good swimmer he wouldn’t have been able to keep afloat. He and another man were able to grab onto a rope which was trailing on the floating tanks which pulled them ashore. My chum Lt. Col. Gordon Brown DSO, MID who recently passed away took over of D Company after Love was killed.