{"id":3928,"date":"2014-06-06T11:30:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T11:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2014-06-06T11:30:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T11:30:56","slug":"omaha-beach-memorial-normandy-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/2014\/06\/06\/omaha-beach-memorial-normandy-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Omaha Beach Memorial, Normandy, France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In 2007 when I was researching my film Medal of Honor, I visited Omaha Beach. It was a chilling and wonderful experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The U.S. cemetery in France is one of the great pieces of design.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">One walks down a long meandering path towards the ocean and does not see the graves until making a sharp turn.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3932\" style=\"width: 707px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3932\" class=\" wp-image-3932 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_356.jpg\" alt=\"Grave of Frank D. Peregory, Medal of Honor recipient, killed June 14, 1944 among hundreds of grave markers going off into the distance\" width=\"697\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_356.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_356-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_356-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_356-980x656.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_356-480x321.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grave of Frank D. Peregory, Medal of Honor recipient, killed June 14, 1944<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Never call a Medal of Honor recipient a winner of the medal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To a man, the ones who survived their actions will say they were doing their duty. Most didn&#8217;t make it back.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3929\" style=\"width: 719px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3929\" class=\" wp-image-3929\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_304.jpg\" alt=\"A Jewish soldier's grave with six pointed Jewish star amongst hundreds of crosses, dead flowers sit at base of closest cross\" width=\"709\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_304.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_304-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_304-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_304-980x656.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_304-480x321.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Jewish soldier&#8217;s grave<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3933\" style=\"width: 731px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3933\" class=\" wp-image-3933\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_381.jpg\" alt=\"Grave of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Brigadier General, Medal of Honor recipient, killed July 12, 1944, sits alone with a view of the cliffs and ocean\" width=\"721\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_381.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_381-300x201.jpg 300w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_417.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_417-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_417-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_417-980x656.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_417-480x321.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bomb craters<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A short drive from the cemetery is another memorial with bomb craters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Seeing so many, so close together, it&#8217;s a wonder anyone survived.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3935\" style=\"width: 739px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3935\" class=\" wp-image-3935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_416.jpg\" alt=\"Steep cliffs of Omaha Beach and ocean\" width=\"729\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_416.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_416-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_416-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_416-980x656.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_416-480x321.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cliffs of Omaha Beach<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3934\" style=\"width: 762px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3934\" class=\"wp-image-3934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_415.jpg\" alt=\"cliffs above Omaha Beach from above, looking down at the vast ocean\" width=\"752\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_415.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_415-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_415-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_415-980x656.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_415-480x321.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">cliffs above Omaha Beach<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Standing at the vantage p0int of the German machine guns, thinking how those young soldiers below,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">coming ashore were being rained down on by streams of bullets was chilling.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3931\" style=\"width: 772px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3931\" class=\"wp-image-3931\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_324.jpg\" alt=\"Paris_10-2007_324\" width=\"762\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_324.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Paris_10-2007_324-300x201.jpg 300w, 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Montieth, Jr.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In order to receive the Medal of Honor a soldier must &#8220;go above and beyond the call of duty.&#8221;<br \/>\nOne would think everyone who fought at Normandy would deserve one. They were ordered to fight and that doesn&#8217;t qualify.<br \/>\nSoldiers must put their lives in danger, usually saving their comrades and dying in the process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omaha Beach is one of the great monuments to World War II. The architecture and layout is as gorgeous as the site is horrifying. 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