Today our group went to the beaches of Normandy and the sights of WWII in France. Our first stop was the German Cemetery. This cemetery vastly contrasts with the American cemetery as it contains many dark stone graves with two to three soldiers per stone. At this site there are 20 thousand fallen warriors who have been honored by their families. Pointe-du-Hoc was next on our journey where we saw the gray windy cliff strewn with ruins and artillery holes. At this place the American Rangers scaled the cliff under German fire but prevailed and took the artillery batteries. Next was the American Cemetery where 10,625 white marble graves stand to show the sacrifice of America against tyranny. At the cemetery we placed a wreath at the memorial as we heard the National Anthem and Taps to honor our warriors final sacrifice. Afterward we visited the Batterie-sur- Longue where the Germans bombed the beaches trying to stop the liberators. Here we took pictures by the bunkers and saw what a German defender saw on the morning of June 6, 1944. Arromanches was our last stop where we saw the port built by the allies to get supplies on the front. We learned that without this one point the entire invasion would have failed. This trip to Normandy let us see hands on the places that we have only seen pictures of where the fate of the world was decided. - Britt Schwing
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