My short trip to Normandy last week.

[Frank Gubbels]

Last week I paid a visit to Normandy for a few days. I want to share these pictures with you. I hope you will like them.

 

Day 1.

 

First, we (my brother and his girlfriend joined me) paid a visit to Pointe du Hoc.

 

Monument for the Rangers on top of the cliff.

 

These are the cliffs they had to climb. about 30 meters high!!!

 

After that we went to Bloody-OMAHA.

 

We had lunch at OMAHA-beach and then we went on towards Arromanches to see the remnants of the Mulberry Harbour and to visit the Cinema circulaire.

 

 

We headed back towards OMAHA-beach to pay our respect to the fallen at the American cemetery in St. Laurent - Colleville-sur-mer. You can see the view from the cemetery towards OMAHA-beach.

 

Gravestone of Theodore Roosevelt.

 

Lesley J. McNair was killed by bombs from US airplanes in St. Lo while paying a visit to the 30th "Old Hickory" Division.

 

...

 

End of Day 1.

[Frank Gubbels]

Day 2.

 

Day 2 started like this:

 

 

We went to Le-Mont-Saint-Michel to do some sightseeing.

 

 

Then on to the Dead man's corner museum. This is the view from the DMC museum towards Carentan.

 

The museum itself:

 

Then on to Carentan. This is the city hall.

 

End of day 2.

[Frank Gubbels]

Day 3.

 

Day 3 started with a visit to Sainte-Mere-Eglise.

 

Preparations for the invasion.

 

C-47 Dakota.

 

After Sainte-Mere-Eglise we drove to Brecourt and then on to UTAH-Beach were the 4th ID, under command of General Roosevelt, landed on June 6th 1944.

 

Signatures on the tables in the UTAH-beach bar, Le Roosevelt.

 

 

Finally I had the opportunity to visit the Marmion farm in Ravenoville. I had never been there before and it was high on my priority list.

 

 

And we also did some other sightseeing that day and we moved on to Cap de la Hague. A beautiful place.

 

End of day 3.

[Frank Gubbels]

Day 4, the final day.

 

On this day we drove back towards Holland but not after visiting Etretat. How beautiful nature can be!!!! Our day started like this:

 

We had to cross the Pont de Normandy (Normandy Bridge).

 

Etretat.

 

 

 

That's it, I hope you enjoyed the pictures.

 

Regards,

Frank

[CaptO]

Very good photos! Thanks for sharing Frank. Someday I'll make it. . .Someday.

[Dogdaddy]

Frank-

Thank You for sharing these excellent photos with us. Chances that I will ever get to visit these places are slim to none, and your always great pictures of WWII sites allows me to get closer to them through the eyes of a friend, rather than just a DVD or books. As often as I may lament the negative aspects of the "www.everything" world we live in today it has allowed all of us to "visit" anyplace we wish.

[chambers]

Awesome... thanks for sharing. I wish I lived close enough to something this cool.

[Frank Gubbels]

Thank you all for your very nice compliments. I love to share pictures with you (although I hadn't posted here for quite some time) and show you important places about World War 2. In december I will be in Bastogne for a weekend so there will be another picture report.

Best wishes,

Frank

[Frank Gubbels]

Thank you all for your very nice compliments. I love to share pictures with you (although I hadn't posted here for quite some time) and show you important places about World War 2. In december I will be in Bastogne for a weekend so there will be another picture report.

Best wishes,

Frank

[Walt's Daughter]

Those are breath-taking! You have a great eye for photography. Thanks SO much for posting. Beautiful!