A 15 minute drive east of Point du Hoc is Omaha Beach. This section of coastline was a landing point for US soldiers with the other being Utah Beach to the west of Point du Hoc. Omaha Beach was the bloodiest landing by the allies on D-Day and about 2,400 Americans would die there. In comparison, less than 200 Americans died on Utah Beach.

In August, I made a one day trip from Paris to tour the Normandy Beaches which gained fame in 1944 on D-Day. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t kind. What started as overcast and windy conditions became showers and then rain set in. However, I was able to get a good look at the American section of the D-Day landing sites. Over the next couple of blogs, I will show you some of the photos.