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Originally Posted by BleedingRed
One of my bucket lists is to go see this, I bet I would be moved to tear like I was at Arlington cemetery
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Do it man. It's worth whatever $$ it takes. And whenever you do go, do guided tours. I have studied up enough on WW2 to know a lot. But I was shocked at how little I did know compared to the experts.
That, and they have access to private farms and battle sites that are not publicly accessible.
You'll be shocked at how much rural France looks like the Kansas City countryside. That, and how little it's changed since the war. There are still mass amounts of buildings with holes in the sides of them, or bullet holes in stone walls, etc.
The other amazing thing is that, in Paris, they don't care much for Americans. In Normandy, they love us. One waiter we talked to actually told us "I'd be speaking German if it were not for Americans."