Hardest work is beginning for the alleys. Shore is a monumental effort that requires years of years of compromises and politics and whatever else. Follows from june 7 onward just an absolute bloody slog that leads into nazi germany. Wru it be where it begins. Of dday in the sees thisto six days seized basically situation. Five distinctive. Anding beaches oma beach, the americans carved out an enlodgement for that and west of that, the utah beach. Is my focuss, that today is the American Experience normandy and little bit about what that buzz like. Dday, theath of Main Objective is to link up the distinctive beaches. Youre not going to do much of normandy and utah beaches are linked up as one basenuous entity and a point from which you will advance and take your other in normandy. Of geographynt happens to be the spot where it must happen. It is not a big town. 4,000 people in 1944. It is located near very low ground, much of which is flooded it. Arshy around at one time in napoleons da
He was followed by fred bremmer the bombadeer and myself. I was wondering what it was like on base just day to day when you werent out on missions . Are you talking about for the air commandos there . Yeah. Okay. Pat, do you want to take that. Well id like to accept it might not come as a surprise to you people that all three of us have hearing aides plugged in our ears. Unfortunately the day before i came up here the right one went on the fritz and i sent it in for repair. I dont know what the question was. My grandpa always does the same thing. I was wondering what it was like on base day to day when you werent out on missions. What it was like on what. On base day to day when you werent on missions. Can you describe what it was like when you werent flying missions . Yeah. It was a mad house. Our air strip when you think of c 47s and b 25s and the pursuit ships and all the planes taking off from there. You kind of think we have a paved air strip and it wasnt. As as i understood it, i