Normandy American Heroes Blog (9)

CDG / Orly airports to Normandy - 40 Euros one way > 5 hours journey

Normandy American Heroes founder, Rudy Passera, takes his guests on the European battlefields and willingly shares his expertise on how to help travellers optimize their travel plans from the States to Paris, France.

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII, Paris, Bayeux

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art!

“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art” was one of the famous maxims of Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680) that we at Normandy American Heroes believe in when traveling.

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII, Champagne, Heritage, Barfleur mussels, Gastronomy and cuisine, WWII Golf

D-Day battle flag flown by USS LCI(L) 489 - priceless

My friend Richard Bass just acquired the D-Day battle flag flown by the USS LCI(L) 489 and has done a little research about the ship, found several eye witness accounts, some of which are summarised here. The photos he

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Topics: WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, England, US Coast Guards, Slapton Sands, Infantry, US Navy

WWII Dartmouth Golf Club, Agatha Christie, Blackpool & Slapton Sands!

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 101st Airborne Division, WWII 29th Infantry Division, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII Engineers Special Brigade, WWII Paratroopers, WWII 4th Infantry Division, 1st Infantry Division, WWII, 5th Rangers Battalion, Gastronomy and cuisine, WWII 5th Rangers Battalion, WWII Golf, England, US Coast Guards, Slapton Sands, USA, Infantry, Rangers

Saunton Golf Club and the First U.S. Army Assault Training Center

Situated in Devon, England, Saunton Golf Club has a diverse and special landscape, ranging from the open, windswept high moors of Dartmoor and Exmoor, the rugged coastlines of rocky cliffs and sweeping bays, secluded

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Topics: World War 2, WWII 1st US Army Assault Training Center, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, England, Croyde Cliffs, Woolacombe Beach, WWII England, Saunton Sands Beach

WWII & Hesketh Golf Club established in 1885, designed by George Lowe

Dear readers, during the Second World War, sports in general and Golf in particular played a huge role for the war effort. Competitions were organized throughout the country to raise funds and other initiatives were

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Topics: World War Two, WWII, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Battle of Britain, Gastronomy and cuisine, WWII Golf

WWII & Hesketh Golf Club established in 1885 - addendum!

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Topics: World War Two, WWII, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Battle of Britain, Gastronomy and cuisine, WWII Golf

Addendum 297th Engineer Battalion - PFC Louis Stevens, first casualty

"Man in front of the man behind the gun"

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Topics: World War 2, WWII Atlantic Wall, WWII 1st US Army Assault Training Center, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII Engineers Special Brigade, WWII Paratroopers, WWII 4th Infantry Division, WWII General Simon Bolivar Buckner Junior

Railroad Battery of Auderville La Haye, west of the Cotentin Peninsula

The Atlantic wall imagined by Adolf Hitler was a series of strongpoints some larger and more armed than others and stretched from Norway all along the coast passing through the Netherlands, Belgium, France all the way

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, Infantry