One of the pictures has my dad's old unit, the 2nd Division, coming ashore.
I've read in the past that the American forces landing at Utah Beach were off-course and landed at the wrong spot. They met little opposition and moved quickly ashore. I've wondered whether if afterwards the military did an analysis as to why they hadn't picked that portion of the coast in their original plans since it was poorly defended and allowed the Americans an easy foothold.
My father was in WWII, but not at Normandy. He was in North Africa – on the German side. As a kid, I remember a photo of him at about 20, shaving in the rearview mirror of a jeep…don't know where that photo's gone, though.
This prompted me to Google WWII North Africa, though, where I found some interesting photos. I *do* have photos of him in POW camp in Canada.
One of the pictures has my dad's old unit, the 2nd Division, coming ashore.
I've read in the past that the American forces landing at Utah Beach were off-course and landed at the wrong spot. They met little opposition and moved quickly ashore. I've wondered whether if afterwards the military did an analysis as to why they hadn't picked that portion of the coast in their original plans since it was poorly defended and allowed the Americans an easy foothold.
My father was in WWII, but not at Normandy. He was in North Africa – on the German side. As a kid, I remember a photo of him at about 20, shaving in the rearview mirror of a jeep…don't know where that photo's gone, though.
This prompted me to Google WWII North Africa, though, where I found some interesting photos. I *do* have photos of him in POW camp in Canada.