The Shingle at Omaha
I took these photos in September 2006 in the Fox Green Sector, Omaha Beach, Normandy, to provide a visual reference for the term "shingle" when encountered in reading about that…
Deadly Doodlebug
Members of the U.S. Navy 2nd Beach Battalion examine several captured radio-controlled German Goliath remote-controlled mines (aka “Beetles” or "Doodlebugs") to see what makes them tick, Utah Beach, 11 June…
Carentan O Carentan
BY LOUIS SIMPSON Trees in the old days used to standAnd shape a shady laneWhere lovers wandered hand in handWho came from Carentan. This was the shining green canalWhere we…