We were heading out to a family reunion in Radford,
Va when we were passing by the new National
D-Day Memorial in the little town of Bedford, Va
on Route 460 between Roanoke and Lynchburg. We
decided to take a few minutes to have a look. As we moved up the walkway
expecting to view a lone arch with some flags around its perimeter, we were
captured by a thematic cyclorama beyond the arch that opened up before our
eyes. Turns out that Bedford
suffered the greatest per capita losses on D-Day, losing 21 men (out of a
population of 3,200) in the first 15 minutes of the assault. We
thought you might like to view a few scenes from this fitting memorial.
The Overlord
arch...
Insignia under the arch...
Tribute to the
fallen...
The beach...
Wading in... (note simulated
"bullet"
spray) Scaling the wall...
Over the wall.
