Summary

View from a 4-engine airplane in flight over altocumulus clouds. Setting sun creates pink colors. Scene changes abruptly to views, inland from Omaha Beach, at Colleville-sur-Mer, France, of the temporary military battlefield cemetery established by the U.S. First Army, on June 8, 1944, right after the Allied invasion of Normandy, in World War 2. Simple wooden crosses mark the graves of the fallen Americans, each identified by one of their dog tags fastened to the marker. Location: Normandy France. Date: 1944.

Source CriticalPast
Title: The first American military cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, France, established on June 8, 1944, in World War II
Description: View from a 4-engine airplane in flight over altocumulus clouds. Setting sun creates pink colors. Scene changes abruptly to views, inland from Omaha Beach, at Colleville-sur-Mer, France, of the temporary military battlefield cemetery established by the U.S. First Army, on June 8, 1944, right after the Allied invasion of Normandy, in World War 2. Simple wooden crosses mark the graves of the fallen Americans, each identified by one of their dog tags fastened to the marker. Location: Normandy France. Date: 1944.
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Date: 1944
Clip ID: 65675020920-H264

Keywords

First American military cemetery in Normandy
Normandy France
Omaha Beach
Wooden crosses
Graves identified by dog tags
Temporary battlefield cemetery
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