Memorial Day
I've been slowly scanning in a shoebox-worth of black-and-white photos my uncle brought home from D-Day, all taken between June and November 1944. I'll probably post a few on the anniversary. Typically, on Memorial Day, I post something Civil War-related. But this year here's one of the Omaha Beach pictures:
It is one of three that shows the cemetery. Most of the pictures have very little information attached. But on the back of one of them, years ago, he wrote in ink:
"Flanders Field II"
And: "This huge cemetary is one half mile from Omaha beach. Where well over four thousand American boys lie at rest. Where five of my buddies are."
It is one of three that shows the cemetery. Most of the pictures have very little information attached. But on the back of one of them, years ago, he wrote in ink:
"Flanders Field II"
And: "This huge cemetary is one half mile from Omaha beach. Where well over four thousand American boys lie at rest. Where five of my buddies are."
