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Colleville-sur-Mer

            Omaha Beach.
If you look closely at the the middle soldier you can see where the church fence was re-built.
To the French it is known as Colleville-sur-Mer but on the morning of 6 June 1944 it was known by its operational name, Omaha Beach.
It was here that the 1st and 29th US Infantry Divisions stormed the Omaha beach with the 1st Infantry experiencing the heaviest casualties.
In total the US suffered 2,400 casualties on Omaha that day however by nightfall 34,000 allied troops were landed as D-Day draw to a close on that first day.
Soldiers of the 1st US Division or as it was more commonly known The Big Red 1 based on the Division’s 1918 adopted shoulder patch insignia which features a red numeral 1 centred on a green shield.
It is unknown when the photograph of the soldiers of the Big Red 1 was taken but it is most likely it was taken just after the first day of the assault.
The church has been restored to its former glory and today it stands as testament to the bloody events that occurred on that June morning.
Colleville-sur-Mer.
Normandy, France.
   

Taken on: May 24, 2023

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Camera: Canon EOS 200D, f/8.0, 1/400 sec, 10mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 200D
Lens:	10-24mm
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	10mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Visual Watermark
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