Omaha Beach

 First view of Omaha

Panorama of Omaha Beach

The monument to the Bedford Boys of Virginia. The sculpture represents a soldier helping his buddy (a life long friend) and still pressing forward with the mission. For those who don't know about the Bedford Boys:

One of the American units at the forefront of the invasion was a National Guard infantry unit based out of the small town of Bedford, Virginia —Company A of the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division. When the company assaulted Omaha Beach that morning, there were 35 Soldiers from the town assigned to the unit. By the end of the day, 19 of the Guard Soldiers would be dead with four more dying before the end of the campaign. On that day, the town of Bedford, located just below the Blue Ridge Mountains, suffered the greatest proportion of losses of any town in the United States, and the men were forever immortalized as the Bedford Boys.   

National Guard Monument

Casemate at Omha Beach Museum