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Originally Posted by earcutter

Went to Normandy for the 60th anniversary. I saw 1,000's of headstones. Literally.

I went to France on a school trip a few decades ago, and visited one of these memorial places. All I can remember is peace and tranquility... and the fact that there were a couple more of the memorial places across the road. Same size.

That hit me. So many lost in what could amount to the blink of an eye... so many.

Too many.

Originally Posted by Deegee

I went to France on a school trip a few decades ago, and visited one of these memorial places. All I can remember is peace and tranquility... and the fact that there were a couple more of the memorial places across the road. Same size.

That hit me. So many lost in what could amount to the blink of an eye... so many.

Too many.

The scale of it blew my mind. Going to the beaches... you could see the wholesale slaughter.

It's cool that you went. I wish we all could. It moved me like not many places could or have.

Yea, similar experience visiting a Canadian and a German war cemetery in Holland years back. The young ages on the crosses, the sheer numbers and the utter waste of young lives.

Bob

58,272 on the Wall



SF

Originally Posted by jmercer

58,272 on the Wall



SF

You know - there was some controversy over that monument. I found it to be just as moving.