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| Add Photo — Add Link — Add Commentary — Correct this page — Print | | Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer in Calvados Départment, Basse-Normandie, France — Lower Normandy (Atlantic Coast) |
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Omaha Beach
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By Roger W. Sinnott, August 16, 2012 | |
| | | 1. Omaha Beach Marker | | |
Inscription. Les forces Alliées
débarquent sur cette
plage qu’elle nomment
Omaha Beach et libérent
l’Europe — 6 juin 1944
The Allied forces
landing on this
shore which they call
Omaha Beach liberate
Europe — June 6th 1944
East side:
1st US Infantry Division
—No mission too difficult
—No sacrifice too great . Duty first
Forced Omaha Beach at dawn 6 June
West side:
Erected in
memory of
those
—
The 116th RCT 29th
Infantry Division
AUS landed here
June 6, 1944
Location. 49° 22.242′ N, 0° 52.783′ W. Marker is in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Basse-Normandie, in Calvados Départment. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Avenue de la Libération (Route D517) and Rue Bernard Anquetil. Click for map. Marker is on the beach close to where these coastal roads meet. Marker is in this post office area: Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Basse-Normandie 14710, France.
Other nearby markers. At least 1 other marker is within 10 kilometers of this marker, as the crow flies. Pointe du Hoc (approx. 8.5 kilometers away in Normandy).
Regarding Omaha Beach. On June 6, 1944, D-Day, Allied forces crossed the English Channel in 5,000 ships toward the coast of occupied France. This was the largest amphibious assault in the history of warfare. Troops were landed at five Normandy beaches with code names Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword.
It was at Omaha Beach that the most intense fighting took place. The U.S Army’s 1st and 29th Divisions, with supporting units of Rangers and Engineers, faced an array of German pillboxes and beach obstacles that kept them pinned down for hours and earned for this beach the nickname Bloody Omaha. The landings at Omaha Beach, and the eventual surge inland, are well depicted in the classic movie The Longest Day (20th Century Fox, 1962).| | | | 
By Roger W. Sinnott, August 16, 2012 | |
| | | 2. The Monument | | |
Also see . . . U. S. Army site. A quick overview of the D-Day landings. (Submitted on September 24, 2012, by Roger W. Sinnott of Chelmsford, Massachusetts.)
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By Roger W. Sinnott, August 16, 2012 | |
| | | 3. East Side of Monument | | |
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By Roger W. Sinnott, August 16, 2012 | |
| | | 4. West Side of Monument | | Click on this (or any other) picture to enlarge it, which also makes the text and artwork more visible. | | |
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By Roger W. Sinnott, August 16, 2012 | |
| | | 5. Monument from the Back (Ocean) Side | | The blue sign on the base translates, “Out of respect for those to whom this monument has been built, and for safety, climbing it is strictly forbidden.” | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on September 24, 2012, by Roger W. Sinnott of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 132 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 24, 2012, by Roger W. Sinnott of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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