General Apathy Posted January 7, 2019 Share #26 Posted January 7, 2019 . Hi John, Photo C. a 1960s photo looking across the road from the Roosevelt cafe to the original German bunker used for the original Utah Beach museum, this wall is now within the greatly enlarged museum. lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 7, 2019 Share #27 Posted January 7, 2019 . Hi John, Photo D. this photo shows second or third wave of back-up troops arriving off the beach passing the house shown as position D on your map. Note the first two men are wearing their field jackets inside out, this appears to have been a fairly common practise even with the divines landing on Omaha beach. The first serviceman is wearing a British commando toggle rope suspended from his neck. The house seen in the photograph is still to be seen today, note that there appeared to be a second house behind the troops the wallpaper and wooden joist holes can be seen, this has all disappeared since the war. lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 7, 2019 Share #28 Posted January 7, 2019 . Hi John, Photo D. The house as it looks today, it appears that the wall was lowered post war and all the wall paper removed. lewis . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted January 7, 2019 Share #29 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. .fullsizeoutput_a49.jpeg Is that George Marshall next to Bradley? Sure looks like him. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted January 7, 2019 Share #30 Posted January 7, 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 Awesome piece of history! Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 7, 2019 Share #31 Posted January 7, 2019 . Hi John, Photo D. The same house seen from the beach side during the invasion week 1944. lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vostoktrading Posted January 8, 2019 Share #32 Posted January 8, 2019 Post #25 picture C. Mikie noticed George Marshall. I think is is. Also, is that Ernest King in the front passenger seat? Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 9, 2019 Share #33 Posted January 9, 2019 . Hi John, Photo D. This Navy communications bunker was built on the beach in front of the house seen in posts 27, 28 and 31, the chimney of that house can be seen far right of the attached image. lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 9, 2019 Share #34 Posted January 9, 2019 . Hi John, Photo D. This is the spot that the Navy communications bunker was built on the beach in front of the house seen in posts 27, 28 and 31, the chimney of that house can be seen far right of the attached image. lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 9, 2019 Share #35 Posted January 9, 2019 . Hi John, Photo E. this is a photograph of the small church just inland off the beach, 'La Madeline ' which is printed on the details across the bottom of your map. lewis . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 9, 2019 Share #36 Posted January 9, 2019 . Hi John, Photo XYZ. although I have many more images from the area of this map this is the final one. I reported and guided the police to this 500Lbs aircraft bomb in 2010. The officer took images and forwarded them to bomb disposal who removed it three days later, this was located in the sand dunes below bunkers at the far right of the Utah map. lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 4, 2019 Share #37 Posted February 4, 2019 . Hi John, I managed to locate an aerial shot of your section of Utah beach, again I have annotated it to cross-reference with your map and the photographs I previously added for the marked spots. Ste Marie du Mont ( letter A ) is about five kilometres off the top of the map, and La Madeline chapel ( letter E ) is about half a kilometre off the map above the letter E shown. I think this aerial shot was taken somewhere between July & August 1944. regards Lewis. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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