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Sculpture - Peace Museum at Caen
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Chateau D'Audreiu
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Great presentation
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Bonnie at Arromanches-les-Bains
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the artificial Mulberry Harbor
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Arromanches
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Bonnie likes flower pots!
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Next stop is Batterie de Longues!
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Surprisingly little damange to the pillboxes
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This one took a hit
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This is the only German battery that still has guns.
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Guns were pointed toward the English Channel
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The pillboxes were lined up - all facing the English Channel
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The view from inside the pillbox
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This is what the allied forces saw as they approached
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The English Channel
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The English Channel with remnants of the man-made harbor
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Entrance to Pointe du Hoc
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I remember when President Reagan said this.
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plaque showing the layout of the invasion
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close up
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big crater!
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not an easy walk up from the beach anywhere near
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so many craters and all so close together
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Large bomb craters everywhere
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Looking down on the beach
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Looking straight down
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The point
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steep everywhere
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Monument overlooking the Pointe du Hoc
