Persian Gulf Command Posted January 5, 2019 Share #1 Posted January 5, 2019 Here is my best map find of 2018. A very rare BIGOT Top Secret map of Utah Beach where the actual landing occurred. 1 of 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brian Keith Posted January 5, 2019 Share #9 Posted January 5, 2019 Excellent find! BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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General Apathy Posted January 6, 2019 Share #11 Posted January 6, 2019 Here is my best map find of 2018. A very rare BIGOT Top Secret map of Utah Beach where the actual landing occurred. 1 of 5 . Hi Persian Gulf, A very nice find, I hope that I might be able to flesh this map out for you, I have annotated a copy of your map and will add corresponding photographs that were taken at these spots. Please let me know if you would like me to do so, or ask a forum moderator to remove the shots. regards lewis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 6, 2019 Share #12 Posted January 6, 2019 . Hi Persian Gulf, A very nice find, I hope that I might be able to flesh this map out for you, I have annotated a copy of your map and will add corresponding photographs that were taken at these spots. Photo A was taken in the village of St Marie du Mont about six kilometres off the top of the map. Please let me know if you would like me to do so, or ask a forum moderator to remove the shots. regards lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 6, 2019 Share #13 Posted January 6, 2019 . Hi Persian Gulf, Photo B is an image of the Utah Beach museum on its opening day in the 1960s, the museum used an existing German bunker, this facia can still be seen and is now within the vastly expanded museum regards lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 6, 2019 Share #14 Posted January 6, 2019 . Hi Persian Gulf, Photo B. is a shot of Dick Winters taken near the museum in 2004 ( if I recall correctly ), the post that he is leaning on was cut down when the museum was extended for a large hall to exhibit a B26 aircraft. regards lewis. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Persian Gulf Command Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share #15 Posted January 6, 2019 Lewis, Thank you for superimposing these reference points over the image of my map. This post is primarily to advance our field of collecting so your additions are welcome a historical embellishments. All the best, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDUFF Posted January 6, 2019 Share #16 Posted January 6, 2019 Fantastic information as always Ken! .Hi Persian Gulf,Photo B. is a shot of Dick Winters taken near the museum in 2004 ( if I recall correctly ), the post that he is leaning on was cut down when the museum was extended for a large hall to exhibit a B26 aircraft.regards lewis..fullsizeoutput_a43.jpeg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 6, 2019 Share #17 Posted January 6, 2019 Lewis, Thank you for superimposing these reference points over the image of my map. This post is primarily to advance our field of collecting so your additions are welcome a historical embellishments. All the best, John . . Hi John, thanks, I don't wish to detract from your find I only hope that I can add detail to it for the members looking at your map by using mainly WWII images. Photo B. this is what remains of the wooden stump that Dick Winters rested against, the bunker on the right remains the same. lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 6, 2019 Share #18 Posted January 6, 2019 . Hi John, thanks, Photo C. this photo shows the large German bunker hidden behind a civilian farmhouse, the bunker is still in position now and the old farmhouse extended and is currently a cafe called ' the Roosevelt '. The old German bunker converted into the Utah museum is just off the right of the photo, the sea is past the dunes at the rear of the photo. lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 6, 2019 Share #19 Posted January 6, 2019 . Hi John, Photo C. this photo situated on the seaward side of ' C 'shows the construction work being made even prior to the end of the war in Germany, an armed sentry guarding the site. The weapon pit was used as the basis for a monument to the events of the landings on this part of Utah beach, this weapons pit is still in situation today. The bunker used for the Utah beach museum is off to the right of the sentry. lewis . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 6, 2019 Share #20 Posted January 6, 2019 . Hi John, Photo C. this photo taken facing the sea from position ' C ' shows the inauguration of the completed monument, this was mid 1945 just months after the final surrender. The steps were constructed on the side of a large German bunker and the weapons pit seen in the previous post is behind the plinth seen at the top off the steps. The Utah beach museum is off to the right of this image. lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 6, 2019 Share #21 Posted January 6, 2019 Fantastic information as always Ken!. . Hi Graham, thanks, this only came about as John posted his map for members to see and kindly allowed me to embellish it, I hope I do it justice. lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted January 6, 2019 Share #22 Posted January 6, 2019 Here is my best map find of 2018. A very rare BIGOT Top Secret map of Utah Beach where the actual landing occurred. 1 of 5 Nice and the second version of the map. The first version with first overprint was dated 12th May 1944... Thx for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken88 Posted January 6, 2019 Share #23 Posted January 6, 2019 I bet you'll be framing this. Deserves a nice spot on your wall. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy144 Posted January 6, 2019 Share #24 Posted January 6, 2019 Hi John Always great to see items from a fellow BIGOT map collector... Interestingly Johan is spot on, I also notice for reference that this one is not serial numbered which leads me to believe that only the first versions were numbered. Although I have come across both versions being issued. Thanks for sharing. Regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 7, 2019 Share #25 Posted January 7, 2019 . Hi John, Photo C. this shows Eisenhower and Bradley next to the German communications bunker behind the wartime farmhouse ( now Cafe' Roosevelt ) lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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