d day museum

Discussion in 'WW2 Museums. Events, & places to see.' started by Trix, Sep 17, 2009.

  1. Trix

    Trix Member

  2. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Yes, twice, really good.
     
  3. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    The tapestry's superb.
    And a couple of tanks parked outside to clamber over is a bonus.
     
  4. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Planning on going before my proposed trip next year to Normandy....If you search for it on here I'm sure I started a thread around a year ago asking about the museum.

    Cheers
    Andy
     
  5. cmomm

    cmomm WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Well worth your time as the tapestry is 'magnificent'----don't forget the Naval Shipyard while in the area----the Victory is still in commission as is our Constitution at Boston, Ma---I hope to come back in 2010 for my 'last hurrah' to once again visit Normandy, Poole (where our cutters were based) and anywhere else my old bones can make it--God Bless all of Britain and those who did so much with so little (other than raw courage) in those dark days of WW2--
    CMoMM--USCG 43--US Coast Guard Rescue Flotilla 1
     
  6. Trix

    Trix Member

    Well worth your time as the tapestry is 'magnificent'----don't forget the Naval Shipyard while in the area----the Victory is still in commission as is our Constitution at Boston, Ma---I hope to come back in 2010 for my 'last hurrah' to once again visit Normandy, Poole (where our cutters were based) and anywhere else my old bones can make it--God Bless all of Britain and those who did so much with so little (other than raw courage) in those dark days of WW2--
    CMoMM--USCG 43--US Coast Guard Rescue Flotilla 1

    ive just found this and i think we owe you some thanks

    The Coast Guard’s role during the invasion has often been overlooked. Nevertheless, the service deserves more than a nod of appreciation from those who now enjoy the fruits of the Allied victory. The Coast Guard manned 99 vessels for Operation NEPTUNE (the amphibious phase of Operation OVERLORD) and lost more vessels that day than at any
    time during its history. Sixty of these were 83-foot cutters. The rescue flotilla patrolled off the five American and British beaches, saving more than 400 Allied soldiers, sailors and airmen on D-Day alone, and by the time the unit was decommissioned, they had pulled 1,438 from the English Channel.
    On D-Day at UTAH Beach, the Coast Guard-manned attack transport Bayfield served as the flagship for Assault Force “U”. Two other Coast Guard-manned attack transports and twelve LCIs transported troops to the beach during the initial landings at UTAH. Ten cutters from Rescue Flotilla One patrolled in support of this landing force. At OMAHA Beach, two Coast Guard-manned attack transports and twelve LCIs landed troops. Twenty cutters worked rescue at OMAHA Beach. U.S. Coast Guard support to British, Canadian, and French forces attacking GOLD, JUNO, and SWORD beaches included 29 cutters from Rescue Flotilla One and four LSTs. During the months following the invasion, Coast Guard vessels remained off the coast of Normandy to transport reinforcements and supplies from Great Britain.

    Hope those old bones hold up for many years yet and have a good trip back in 2010
    Thanks again.......
     
  7. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

  8. Red Goblin

    Red Goblin Senior Member

    That was my late addition to Za Rodinu's Bayeaux Tapestry thread re the Overlord Embroidery now at the museum from its original Whitbread brewery home. Incidentally sorry for my inevitable terminology pun and boldness in stressing common technical confusion also touched upon in Za's thread.

    I then belatedly found this thread after my critical online desk study of the embroidery in lieu of legging it to & around the real thing so far from home. FWIW, I've cobbled together a 38pp annotated scrapbook mainly based upon OOKL's imperfectly-comprehensive online panel-by-panel analysis. I've provisionally attached a current interim copy below in case anybody here is interested due to accessiblity issues like mine, is my PDF draft. I would also appreciate it if someone could please point me to or otherwise list the formal titles of all 34 panels - or, at least, the great majority here pragmatically dubbed "Anon ?" to inform a final replacement version.

    Steve
    PS - Edited to correct 2 typos & Wiktionary-link 2 keywords
    PPS - As follows;
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    Sorry, old fruit, but "use it or lose it" &c - duly deleted due to sheer lack of interest after my 8-day trial timed out. My panel-name Q, however, still stands ,,,
     
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  9. Sheldrake

    Sheldrake All over the place....

    The D Day Museum used to focus on the build up to D Day, with lots of information about the Home Front and preparations for D Day, and a symbolic landing craft at the end of the display. It was redeveloped for the 75th Anniversary (?) with much more about D Day itself There is much less about the preparations for D Day, which is a bit of a pity as it is a pale copy of the kind of museum you find across the landing beaches in France.

    It has one big unique exhibit and well worth a visit to see HM LCT 7074. This Landing Craft Tank took part in Op Neptune
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    The vehicles shown in the first image and on display incl;ude a Canadian Grizzly painted in the colours of one tank landed by HMLCT 7074 on D+1 and made famous in an image taken by a German war cameraman. yup. This one. No #1 on an Internet search.
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