yes, we camped near Gold beach last summer and walked along a few of them – the thought of runnign up those beaches under fire with no cover at all is chilling.
D-Day beaches fact of the day:
Shrapnel and other debris from the D-Day landings is still present in large quantities in sand on Omaha Beach, scientists have revealed.
The site of one of the most ferocious battles during the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, Omaha Beach was one of five Allied landing points along an 80-kilometer stretch of coastline.
The team found 4 percent of the sand they collected on the beach was made up of bits of shrapnel.