2 Nov 2015

Utah Beach

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A sharp wind blew from the sea over what was known as Utah Beach. 

Utah Beach
Utah Beach
Utah Beach
Utah Beach
Utah Beach
Utah Beach
American soldiers landing on Utah Beach (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Utah_Beach_Landing.jpg)
American soldiers landing on Utah Beach (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Utah_Beach_Landing.jpg)
American soldiers landing at Utah Beach (http://www.lakeandsumterstyle.com/normandy-then-now/)
American soldiers landing at Utah Beach (http://www.lakeandsumterstyle.com/normandy-then-now/)
Utah Beach (http://majorgoofup.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/utah-beach-landing.html)
Utah Beach (http://majorgoofup.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/utah-beach-landing.html)

‘…On the first full day of the landing at Utah, 20,000 men had been landed and 1,700 military vehicles. Casualties were less than 300 men…’ (Source.)

Utah Beach Memorial
Utah Beach Memorial

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  1. Anne Guy
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    Chilling statistics…I visited Utah beach when I was staying in France on a school trip in 1970’s…the wonderful beach today belies the horrors of the past.

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