Round Two: Reflections from Omaha Beach, June 5, 2002

Photo by Wim van ‘t Einde

Round Two: Reflections from Omaha Beach, June 5, 2002

- Tom Hardesty

A stiff breeze whipped off the English Channel as its waves angrily crashed ashore behind me.

In front of me lay a vast expanse of sandy beach, and behind that, bluffs rising as high as 160 feet or more dominated the landscape.

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