re: Normandy vet sings "Blood on the Risers/Paratrooper thread. Any jumpers?

I have jumped many times and I sang that song with them with nostalgia. But I had an opportunity to go to Normandy a few weeks ago and spent 4 days studying the campaign. We started at Sainte-Mere-Eglise and it was incredibly humbling.

But then i went to Omaha Beach at low tide, walked out to the water’s edge and turned around and looked at the cut “Dog1”. As a Combat Infantrymen, all I can say is “Holy shite”. I pulled my sunglasses down, got off by myself and cried like a baby. And gave a prayer of thanks for the sacrifice given.