2012 D Day at Saint Mere Eglise, Omaha Beach, Pointe Du Hoc

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Locals at the militaria/jeep parts swap meet:

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HUMOR---Remember the movie "A Bridge too far"?:



Here you can see the John Steel mannequin and parachute much better:



Check out the Dixie helmet:

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[iron bender]

That's awesome. Wish I were there.

[Beagle_Hauler]

Was oogling all the Jeeps when out of the blue there is an M1A2 Type III Beagle! You go Hound Dog! ARROOOOO!!!
Ok, I have two of the litle hound dogs myself so I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw someone walking their Beagle in the crowd there! That wasn't me or my dog, as I'm trapped at work
here Stateside. Awesome pictures Rodney, thank you very much for taking the time to edit them and post them. I appreciate the time it must have taken, and it sure made for a nice
lunch break while at work! Wonder if the Beagle's owner owns one of those Jeeps. There was a Jeep named Chow Hound II.. That certainly would be Beagle owner humor as Beagles are well known for their appetites and are a part of the hound group.

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Beagle_Hauler,

Thanks so much for posting. It was indeed a CHORE editing and posting all these photos. I way underestimated how long it would take. It took like over an hour to do it. I am very glad you enjoyed them!

[Steve Webb]

Fantastic and thanks for taking the time to post them.

[Lee Bishop]

Great shots, I'm OD green with envy, always wanted to go there on June 6...

[dwmanning]

Rodney, Many, many thanks for your pictures. Way to go!

[TopKick]

Outstanding photos and remembrance! I want to go back in 2019 with my Jeep to participate in the 75th Anniversary.

[horrocks]

Nice photos. You can sense a kind of carnival atmosphere.

An aside. Seems that the 101AB had an awful lot of M201 Jeeps on the inventory....

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Toby,

Knowing now what I know, one of the first things I looked at when I was admiring those jeeps was the slot on the dash that gives away an M201, so I know what you mean!

I sure wish there were events like that at home in Texas more often. At least once a year the folks over there spend about a week celebrating the military history of our country mainly via re-enactments and the MV's. It was indeed a terrific atmosphere to be in. I am thankful that a couple of generations later that -at least in the Normandy area- the Europeans show gratitude and honor our fallen in that way.

Another thing I noticed over there that I wish we had here was a magazine called "MIlitaria". It is in French only. Those French really get into the re-enacting and want things to be accurate, as detailed in that magazine. Does anyone know of a publication like that here?

[foofymonster]

only one way to do it


http://www.2ndarmoredineurope.co.uk