D-Day INGO tribute

[Sylvain]

Just thought I would share some pictures with my fellow INGOers.
I visited some WW2 fallen soldiers today.
The graves are located in a small cemetery, next to a church on top of a cliff, 500 yards from the beaches of Normandy.
There are only 4 or 5 miltary graves among other civilian graves.
It's a very beautiful and quiet place.
So many people died during WW2 that they cant be all in military cemeteries.Sometimes the bodies were found years after the end of the war so they only had room left in civilian cemeteries to bury them.
Some INGOers told me they wished they could join me so I left some flowers there on behalf of INGO (on the tomb of an unknown soldier).

Thanks to the awesome Chezuki who provided the awesome patch on my bicycle helmet.

 

[Sylvain]

 

[Ruffnek]

For the greatest generation in their greatest hour.
Thanks for leaving a mark for us.

 

[Sylvain]

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

For the greatest generation in their greatest hour.
Thanks for leaving a mark for us.

What ^^^^^he^^^^^ said!

 

[Sylvain]

Polish soldier grave.

British one.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Awesome pictures and gesture Sylvain!

 

[Sylvain]

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Sad to see those monuments already starting to fade after only 70 years.

 

[rockhopper46038]

Thank you, Sylvain.

 

[Sylvain]

 

[Sylvain]

Sad to see those monuments already starting to fade after only 70 years.

That's true but those graves and memorial plaques are very well maintened by the local.You cant help the weather from wearing them out though.
Sometimes they get replaced if they are too worn out.

 

[Sylvain]

Looks like Greek on this tomb.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

That's true but those graves and memorial plaques are very well maintened by the local.You cant help the weather from wearing them out though.
Sometimes they get replaced if they are too worn out.

True enough.

What do you know about that church? It looks very old.

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

Very inspirational!! We forget that many of these brave solders were just kids. The USA and the world owe these soldiers a lot. Thanks for posting Sylvain, you've done not just your country but also my country proud!

 

[Sylvain]

True enough.

What do you know about that church? It looks very old.

It's from the twelfth century, restored from 2001 to 2006.Most of the churches from the area are from this era (unless they have been destroyed during WW2 or fell down the cliff by accident at some point in time).

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

It's from the twelfth century, restored from 2001 to 2006.Most of the churches from the area are from this era (unless they have been destroyed during WW2 or fell down the cliff by accident at some point in time).

Cool....

 

[9mmfan]

Very very cool. Thanks a lot for posting.

 

[hammer24]

My great aunt Geraldine Dishroon, the first army flight nurse to earn her wings, and the head of the class to boot! She was on one of the first flights in to Omaha beach to evacuate the wounded.
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On Feb. 18, 1943, the U.S. Army Nurse Corps' first class of flight nurses formally graduated at Bowman Field. 2nd Lt. Geraldine Dishroon, the honor graduate, received the first wings presented to a flight nurse. In 1944, Dishroon served on the first air evacuation team to land on Omaha Beach after the D-Day invasion."

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Here she is on the May 8, 1944 cover of Post magazine.

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[FishnHunt]

Amen to this. Thanks for sharing.