FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2004 | ||||
 Cemetery Symmetry and proximity to Omaha Beach (Courtesy Karine Guilbert) |  Omaha Beach drew many visitors as well. Seen here from the cemetery pathway the beach looks nothing like it did on D-Day |
 Main Pavilion as seen from the air (Courtesy Karine Guilbert) |  Main Pavilion houses 'Tablets of The Missing' and an elegant statue |
 Cemetery layout looking from the Main Pavilion (at left) towards the 10 plots (lettered A though J) containing 9.387 graves. The Walls Of The Missing contain another 1,557 names. |
 Youth Ascending To Heaven has a grace to its lines |  Graveside Chat by this interviewee was typical as media often intruded upon moments of peaceful meditation |
 Serene View of Plot F, looking toward Omaha Beach typifies the align of the grave markers (Photo courtesy Graham Lawson) |  Hello Old Buddy Harry Hudec was snapped by a newspaper photographer as he visited a friend's grave in Normandy |  Medal of Honor winners such as this man, the son of President Theodore Roosevelt, have gilt lettering on their markers (Photo courtesy Graham Lawson) |