D-Day Pictures 70 Years Apart
Featured 06/06/2014
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Past and present photographs of various locations from D-day, June 6th 1944.
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1. The 2nd Battalion US Army Rangers marching through Weymouth, who needed to capture Pointe du Hoc.
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2. Tourists walk along the beach-front at this port that was a departure point for thousands of Allied troops.
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3. US reinforcements land on Omaha beach, near Vierville sur Mer, France.
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4. Now, people can often be seen frolicking on this D-Day landing zone.
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5. US Army soldiers of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, move out over the seawall on Utah Beach.
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6. This historical site is now a place where couples can sunbathe.
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7. The shore is a popular hot spot for tourists.
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8. US troops make plans while hiding out at a farm near Utah Beach, surrounded by slain cattle.
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9. A girl walks along that same stony beach, bucket in hand.
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10. Farmer Raymond Bertot, who was 19 when allied troops came ashore in 1944, poses on the property.
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11. Now, the remains of that concrete wall is a place where children can play.
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12. A Cromwell tank leads British soldiers away from their landing point on Golden Beach.
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13. This US fighter jet crashed on Juno Beach, some time after Canadian forces came ashore.
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14. Troops gather near a captured German bunker on D-Day.
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15. A slain German soldier lies in the main square of Place Du Marche in Trevieres.
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16. US Army paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division drive a captured German vehicle.
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17. This square is now a spot countless tourists walk through, right where many have fallen.
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18. Now, that bunker is a historical site that can be visited near Saint Laurent sur Mer, France.
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19. Girls cross the street at the junction of Rue Holgate and RN13, where that vehicle was.
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20. All that remains of that makeshift camp is farmlands.
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21. This woman is sunbathing where many German troops were captured.
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22. US Army reinforcements march up a hill after landing.
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23. You can hike up that same hill to see some beautiful history and views.
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24. A US flag lies as a marker on a destroyed bunker.
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25. These bunkers are popular places that tourists visit.
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26. Canadian troops patrol along the destroyed Rue Saint-Pierre after removing German forces.
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27. Now, this street is a popular shopping destination.
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28. German prisoners-of-war march along Juno Beach.
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29. German prisoners of war captured after the D-Day landings are closely guarded by US soldiers.
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The 2nd Battalion US Army Rangers marching through Weymouth, who needed to capture Pointe du Hoc.
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