moose135
2013-05-08, 09:11 PM
Heading to Manassas on Friday night, I passed a sign for the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, VA. Since it's sort of in the middle of nowhere, and I didn't know when I'd get back by that way, I took a short detour on the way home and stopped in to visit.
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The wall surrounding part of the memorial was filled with these plaques, with the names of US and Allied troops killed in Operation Overlord.
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The plaque accompanying this L-3 observation plane included the comment "If its canvas covering offered scant protection to those in the aircraft, the L-3's ability to fly on as projectiles pass through it was an offsetting advantage..."
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http://www.moose135photography.com/Travel/National-D-Day-Memorial/i-vgGr64z/0/XL/JM_2013_05_05_D-Day_Memorial_019-XL.jpg
The wall surrounding part of the memorial was filled with these plaques, with the names of US and Allied troops killed in Operation Overlord.
http://www.moose135photography.com/Travel/National-D-Day-Memorial/i-pVKvBNg/0/XL/JM_2013_05_05_D-Day_Memorial_010-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Travel/National-D-Day-Memorial/i-dmdGK9x/0/XL/JM_2013_05_05_D-Day_Memorial_002-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Travel/National-D-Day-Memorial/i-XB9QpSk/0/XL/JM_2013_05_05_D-Day_Memorial_004-XL.jpg
The plaque accompanying this L-3 observation plane included the comment "If its canvas covering offered scant protection to those in the aircraft, the L-3's ability to fly on as projectiles pass through it was an offsetting advantage..."
http://www.moose135photography.com/Travel/National-D-Day-Memorial/i-vD6KPJc/0/XL/JM_2013_05_05_D-Day_Memorial_013-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Travel/National-D-Day-Memorial/i-rFm63JT/0/XL/JM_2013_05_05_D-Day_Memorial_011-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Travel/National-D-Day-Memorial/i-wpk5JNP/0/XL/JM_2013_05_05_D-Day_Memorial_003-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Travel/National-D-Day-Memorial/i-MsvMvSQ/0/XL/JM_2013_05_05_D-Day_Memorial_031-XL.jpg