American War Memorial

Well they've bin avin a think about we're to go next, an decided to put a few miles on me clock an head further west but fust weem visiting the American War Memorial just up the road at Colleville-sur-Mer.
There are 9388 burials here in a cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach. Yet another beautifully kept memorial which consists of a semicircular colonnade containing maps and narratives of the military operations. At the center is a 22-foot bronze statue entitled The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves.
Whilst   wandering around they came across a stonemason carving a new headstone for an unknown soldier. 304 unknown soldiers are buried among the other service members. Their headstones read “HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY A COMRADE IN ARMS KNOWN BUT TO GOD”.
A most remarkable place kept in immaculate condition in tribute to the fallen.Читать далее