"Bloody" Omaha

The most famous of the D-day beaches, I believe this is where most people died. I think 99% of the first round of people were killed almost immediately. And, as we all know, it was this invasion that turned the war to our favor.
















We were told that after heavy rains, you can still see some of the barbed wire coming out from the sand.


































I don't know about you, but I think this makes perfect sense.



















The French government gave this property to the Americans to use as a monument to all those that died. Actually, the paper we received called it a "shrine"... which I thought was interesting, I hope they didn't really mean that. Anyhow, the property is tax-free in perpetuity (that means forever! :-p).


















An interesting side note, this is in Caen. Apparently, they don't have a clue as to where Key West is. Unless there's another one I don't know about, which I suppose is possible. And honestly, I guess I can see where they might get confused since the name does have WEST in it... so it would be easy to assume that it might be in the western part of the United States.