France — World War II — D-Day — Utah Beach, Plage de La Madeleine, 50480 Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, France

My last D-Day landing beach

August 2017

I visited Sword, Juno, Gold, and Omaha Beaches on this trip. My last beach was Utah, on the far western flank of the beach landing zones.

France — World War II — D-Day — Sword Beach, Normandy, France

France — World War II — D-Day — Juno Beach, Normandy, France

France — World War II — D-Day — Gold Beach, Normandy, France

France — World War II — D-Day — Omaha Beach, Normandy, France

The beach was beautiful, with golden sands and dunes. There were no signs on the beach that this was a major landing zone on D-Day.