RHH's photos with the keyword: colleville-sur-mer

One more photo of the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer near Omaha Beach. We found the visits to the D-Day cemeteries to be deeply moving though the history of World War 2 and D-day are too little remembered today.

This is the chapel at the Normandy American Cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer and Omaha Beach. The cemetery has 9,388 graves of those killed on D-Day and after.

These are some of the graves at the Normandy American Cemetery near Omaha Beach. Many of the burials were of soldiers killed after D-day but there are 9,385 burials there.

This is the reflecting pool that is part of the memorial at the Normandy American Cemetery near Omaha Beach. The statue, shown in the inset photo, that is part of the memorial is just visible at the other end of the pool, which lies between the visitors' center and the chapel.

This sculpture by Donald de Lue is at the Normandy American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach. The title of the sculpture is "Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves." It is at the east end of the reflecting pool that is part of the cemetery ground.

The Normandy-American Cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer has 9,388 burials, many of soldiers killed after D-day. The cemetery is beautifully kept and overlooks Omaha Beach.

Many soldiers killed on D-Day and thereafter were often first buried with their rifle and helmet as a grave marker. When time allowed they were later reburied in one of the many cemeteries in Normandy and the rest of France. This example is in the visitors' center at the American Cemetery near Omaha Beach.

This is the reflecting pool just outside the visitors' center at the American Cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer and Omaha Beach. We found visiting the D-Day sites and cemeteries to be a very moving and emotional experience.