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Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 4020751, member: 504"] We were there almost 20 years ago about a month after the DDay anniversary. For people who haven’t been the beachside museum is at Utah beach, the cemetery at Omaha Beach. My wife and I lucked into a personal guided tour at the museum because it was pretty empty. Apparently the casualties at Utah Beach were far fewer than at Omaha because Utah beach was not the intended landing spot, they were off course and wound up out of range of the bigger German weapons. It takes going there to understand just what sitting ducks our guys were at Omaha beach. The beach is very deep and runs right up to the cliffs. The plan - and it worked - was to throw a huge number of troops at the Germans knowing we would have a huge number of casualties. The cemetery is an amazing combination of sad and beautiful. [/QUOTE]