https://www.ipernity.com/tag/john_sheldon/keyword/228175 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/200/D3/5C/285907.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/john_sheldon/keyword/228175 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:37:22 +0000 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:37:22 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49766028 tag:ipernity.com,2020-03-05,doc-49766028 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:41:11 +0000 2019-09-19T14:35:55+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49766028"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/60/28/49766028.48d5d523.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">At Vimoutiers in Normandy this German Tiger Tank from World War II stands near the place when it ran out of fuel during the Battle of the Falaise Pocket in August 1944. An American bulldozer pushed the tank into a ditch in order to clear the road. It was left in the ditch until 1975 when it was dug out, restored and placed where it is now. A fearsome weapon, a single one of these Tiger Tanks is reputed to have destroyed several enemy tanks in just 3 or 4 minutes.</div> German Tiger Tank <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49766028"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/60/28/49766028.48d5d523.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">At Vimoutiers in Normandy this German Tiger Tank from World War II stands near the place when it ran out of fuel during the Battle of the Falaise Pocket in August 1944. An American bulldozer pushed the tank into a ditch in order to clear the road. It was left in the ditch until 1975 when it was dug out, restored and placed where it is now. A fearsome weapon, a single one of these Tiger Tanks is reputed to have destroyed several enemy tanks in just 3 or 4 minutes.</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49766026 tag:ipernity.com,2020-03-05,doc-49766026 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:41:04 +0000 2019-09-19T13:54:03+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49766026"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/60/26/49766026.b7edad2f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A restored USA Sherman M4A1 tank, used by Polish troops in World War II and named General Maczek. It is at the Montormel Memorial Museum in Normandy.<br /> <br /> Montormel, code named Hill 262, was defended by the 1st Polish Armoured Division under General Maczek during the Battle of the Falaise Pocket in August 1944. It was of great strategic importance, to both sides. The Division held its position here and was instrumental in plugging the “Falaise Gap” escape route for retreating German troops, despite being only 1500 men strong, under equipped and short of supplies, against a foe of many thousands.</div> Sherman Tank at the Montormel Memorial <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49766026"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/60/26/49766026.b7edad2f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A restored USA Sherman M4A1 tank, used by Polish troops in World War II and named General Maczek. It is at the Montormel Memorial Museum in Normandy.<br /> <br /> Montormel, code named Hill 262, was defended by the 1st Polish Armoured Division under General Maczek during the Battle of the Falaise Pocket in August 1944. It was of great strategic importance, to both sides. The Division held its position here and was instrumental in plugging the “Falaise Gap” escape route for retreating German troops, despite being only 1500 men strong, under equipped and short of supplies, against a foe of many thousands.</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49766024 tag:ipernity.com,2020-03-05,doc-49766024 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:40:58 +0000 2019-09-19T08:56:00+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49766024"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/60/24/49766024.cb98adb8.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I wanted to emphasise the metal Tank Track (or Caterpillar Tread) on this vehicle and found that adopting a ‘pseudo HDR’ approach was the best way to do that. Not a technique I have ever used much but it has its place in the resources available to the picture maker.<br /> <br /> A restored World War II Churchill Tank on the Hill of Peace Memorial in Normandy.<br /> <br /> The Hill of Peace Memorial is near the World War II battle site in the Normandy Bocage that was code named Hill 112, not far from the city of Caen. It was the scene of one of the bloodiest battles in that war; carnage is the word usually used. The Memorial is not on Hill 112 itself because residual material left there in 1944 is a danger to life.</div> Tread not gently … <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49766024"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/60/24/49766024.cb98adb8.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I wanted to emphasise the metal Tank Track (or Caterpillar Tread) on this vehicle and found that adopting a ‘pseudo HDR’ approach was the best way to do that. Not a technique I have ever used much but it has its place in the resources available to the picture maker.<br /> <br /> A restored World War II Churchill Tank on the Hill of Peace Memorial in Normandy.<br /> <br /> The Hill of Peace Memorial is near the World War II battle site in the Normandy Bocage that was code named Hill 112, not far from the city of Caen. It was the scene of one of the bloodiest battles in that war; carnage is the word usually used. The Memorial is not on Hill 112 itself because residual material left there in 1944 is a danger to life.</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49761772 tag:ipernity.com,2020-03-03,doc-49761772 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:20:26 +0000 2019-09-19T13:30:37+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49761772"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/72/49761772.73a5d67f.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Otherwise known as the 'Corridor of Death'. In August of 1944, many thousands of German soldiers were killed or injured in the 10 km corridor that runs from Trun to Chambois, as their retreating army became trapped in what is known as the Falaise Gap or Falaise Pocket. This had been the escape route that the German commanders had been relying on in the event of a withdrawal but when it was closed off by a pincer movement of Polish, Canadian and USA troops it became a 'killing field'. Eye witnesses still alive in Chambois still find August a difficult month every year.<br /> <br /> When US General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived at the site he said: “The battlefield at Falaise was unquestionably one of the greatest ‘killing fields’ of any of the war areas. Forty-eight hours after the closing of the Gap I was conducted through it on foot, to encounter scenes that could be described only by Dante.”</div> A quiet street in Chambois, Normandy <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49761772"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/72/49761772.73a5d67f.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Otherwise known as the 'Corridor of Death'. In August of 1944, many thousands of German soldiers were killed or injured in the 10 km corridor that runs from Trun to Chambois, as their retreating army became trapped in what is known as the Falaise Gap or Falaise Pocket. This had been the escape route that the German commanders had been relying on in the event of a withdrawal but when it was closed off by a pincer movement of Polish, Canadian and USA troops it became a 'killing field'. Eye witnesses still alive in Chambois still find August a difficult month every year.<br /> <br /> When US General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived at the site he said: “The battlefield at Falaise was unquestionably one of the greatest ‘killing fields’ of any of the war areas. Forty-eight hours after the closing of the Gap I was conducted through it on foot, to encounter scenes that could be described only by Dante.”</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49750666 tag:ipernity.com,2020-02-29,doc-49750666 Sat, 29 Feb 2020 10:13:39 +0000 2019-09-18T16:54:40+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49750666"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/06/66/49750666.082a263d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">… may go you or I. (Phil Ochs / Joan Baez.)<br /> <br /> Adolf Süssel (September 1914 – ? 1944) seems to have spent the first few years and the last few years of his short life in a Europe at war. We can imagine that like most people, his fate was determined by the place and time in which he was born and by his responses to whatever social engineering was in fashion.<br /> <br /> In the German Military Cemetery at La Cambe, Normandy, he shares his last resting place with more than 21,000 others, many of whose lives would have been similar; but (death being a great leveller) he also shares it with SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann (a professional soldier who has commanded respect as a ‘Tiger Tank Ace’) and SS-Sturmbannführer Adolf Diekmann (who was responsible for one of the worst atrocities in the European Theatre of War).</div> There but for fortune … <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49750666"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/06/66/49750666.082a263d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">… may go you or I. (Phil Ochs / Joan Baez.)<br /> <br /> Adolf Süssel (September 1914 – ? 1944) seems to have spent the first few years and the last few years of his short life in a Europe at war. We can imagine that like most people, his fate was determined by the place and time in which he was born and by his responses to whatever social engineering was in fashion.<br /> <br /> In the German Military Cemetery at La Cambe, Normandy, he shares his last resting place with more than 21,000 others, many of whose lives would have been similar; but (death being a great leveller) he also shares it with SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann (a professional soldier who has commanded respect as a ‘Tiger Tank Ace’) and SS-Sturmbannführer Adolf Diekmann (who was responsible for one of the worst atrocities in the European Theatre of War).</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49750664 tag:ipernity.com,2020-02-29,doc-49750664 Sat, 29 Feb 2020 10:13:31 +0000 2019-09-18T16:41:56+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49750664"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/06/64/49750664.0c9346dd.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In the German Military Cemetery at La Cambe, Normandy. This is the largest German war cemetery in Normandy and contains the graves of more than 21,000 German servicemen. Most of them died between June and August 1944 in the fighting following the D-Day landings. The ages of the dead range from 16 to 72 but as usual in these cemeteries the majority were young men.<br /> The sign at the entrance says: “With its melancholy rigour, it is a graveyard for soldiers not all of whom had chosen either the cause or the fight. They too have found rest in our soil of France.”</div> In the German Cemetery at La Cambe <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49750664"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/06/64/49750664.0c9346dd.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In the German Military Cemetery at La Cambe, Normandy. This is the largest German war cemetery in Normandy and contains the graves of more than 21,000 German servicemen. Most of them died between June and August 1944 in the fighting following the D-Day landings. The ages of the dead range from 16 to 72 but as usual in these cemeteries the majority were young men.<br /> The sign at the entrance says: “With its melancholy rigour, it is a graveyard for soldiers not all of whom had chosen either the cause or the fight. They too have found rest in our soil of France.”</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49743830 tag:ipernity.com,2020-02-26,doc-49743830 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:52:35 +0000 2019-09-18T15:46:20+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49743830"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/38/30/49743830.f2ad8301.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The Major Richard Winters Memorial at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy. Major Winters inspired a TV series, Band of Brothers. He served in the 101st Airborne Division (the ‘Screaming Eagles’) and was noted for his exceptional leadership when American forces parachuted into Normandy for the D-Day invasion on 6 June 1944. He led ‘Easy Company’ a name that sits strangely with his motto ‘Hang Tough’.<br /> <br /> On the plinth: <br /> "Wars do not make men great, but they do bring out the greatness in good men.<br /> Les guerres ne font pas les grands hommes, mais elles révélent la grandeur des hommes justes;" and “In honour of Dick Winters and all those American junior officers who led the way on D-Day, June 6, 1944. May we never forget their leadership under fire.”</div> “Hang Tough” <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49743830"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/38/30/49743830.f2ad8301.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The Major Richard Winters Memorial at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy. Major Winters inspired a TV series, Band of Brothers. He served in the 101st Airborne Division (the ‘Screaming Eagles’) and was noted for his exceptional leadership when American forces parachuted into Normandy for the D-Day invasion on 6 June 1944. He led ‘Easy Company’ a name that sits strangely with his motto ‘Hang Tough’.<br /> <br /> On the plinth: <br /> "Wars do not make men great, but they do bring out the greatness in good men.<br /> Les guerres ne font pas les grands hommes, mais elles révélent la grandeur des hommes justes;" and “In honour of Dick Winters and all those American junior officers who led the way on D-Day, June 6, 1944. May we never forget their leadership under fire.”</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49743828 tag:ipernity.com,2020-02-26,doc-49743828 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:52:30 +0000 2019-09-18T15:58:00+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49743828"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/38/28/49743828.7afc021d.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A partial record of American lives lost in the D-Day invasion on 6 June 1944, that forms part of the 101st Airborne Division (U.S Army) memorial at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy.<br /> This picture has been slightly modified in order to remove some colours patches which were detracting from its impact.</div> The Eagle will always scream <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49743828"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/38/28/49743828.7afc021d.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A partial record of American lives lost in the D-Day invasion on 6 June 1944, that forms part of the 101st Airborne Division (U.S Army) memorial at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy.<br /> This picture has been slightly modified in order to remove some colours patches which were detracting from its impact.</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49704708 tag:ipernity.com,2020-02-13,doc-49704708 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:36:12 +0000 2019-09-18T10:24:11+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49704708"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/47/08/49704708.b2672cd6.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This bronze statue by Yannec Tomada depicts a USA soldier aiding an injured comrade during the 6 June 1944 D-Day landing at ‘Omaha Beach’ in Normandy, France. The landing of USA troops on this beach is the factual event behind the film “Saving Private Ryan”. The plaque by the sculpture reads: <br /> “In commemoration of the determined efforts by the soldiers of the 29th Division's 116th Infantry Regimental Combat Team who landed the morning of June 6, 1944 on this section of Omaha Beach … to open the Vierville Draw … to begin the liberation of Europe.”<br /> The Vierville Draw was a paved road that cut between cliffs. Capture of that road was essential so that the vehicles and armaments, that were being unloaded from the invasion fleet, could be taken inland in order to drive back the occupying German forces.</div> "Ever Forward" - bronze statue <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49704708"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/47/08/49704708.b2672cd6.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This bronze statue by Yannec Tomada depicts a USA soldier aiding an injured comrade during the 6 June 1944 D-Day landing at ‘Omaha Beach’ in Normandy, France. The landing of USA troops on this beach is the factual event behind the film “Saving Private Ryan”. The plaque by the sculpture reads: <br /> “In commemoration of the determined efforts by the soldiers of the 29th Division's 116th Infantry Regimental Combat Team who landed the morning of June 6, 1944 on this section of Omaha Beach … to open the Vierville Draw … to begin the liberation of Europe.”<br /> The Vierville Draw was a paved road that cut between cliffs. Capture of that road was essential so that the vehicles and armaments, that were being unloaded from the invasion fleet, could be taken inland in order to drive back the occupying German forces.</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49688842 tag:ipernity.com,2020-02-07,doc-49688842 Fri, 07 Feb 2020 13:59:49 +0000 2019-09-18T08:18:09+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49688842"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/88/42/49688842.85425456.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville sur Mer, Normandy. <br /> On the ceiling lies a mosaic by Leon Kroll. In this detail the allegorical figure of Marianne bestows a laurel wreath on the lifeless body of a young USA soldier who has fallen in the fight to liberate France.</div> Mosaic Ceiling, Normandy American Cemetery Chapel <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49688842"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/88/42/49688842.85425456.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville sur Mer, Normandy. <br /> On the ceiling lies a mosaic by Leon Kroll. In this detail the allegorical figure of Marianne bestows a laurel wreath on the lifeless body of a young USA soldier who has fallen in the fight to liberate France.</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49553430 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-16,doc-49553430 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:26:46 +0000 2019-09-18T08:29:47+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49553430"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/34/30/49553430.b6e7b8ad.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">At the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Coleville-sur-Mer in Normandy, France. This is close to the coastline that was code-named Omaha Beach during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. This was the beach where most of the troops from the USA landed on D-Day.<br /> The Memorial area is organized around this 22-foot tall bronze statue, “The Spirit of American Youth Rising From the Waves.” The statue faces west toward the headstones of the 9,380 USA service personnel buried in the cemetery area. Most of these lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations.</div> "Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves" <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49553430"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/34/30/49553430.b6e7b8ad.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">At the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Coleville-sur-Mer in Normandy, France. This is close to the coastline that was code-named Omaha Beach during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. This was the beach where most of the troops from the USA landed on D-Day.<br /> The Memorial area is organized around this 22-foot tall bronze statue, “The Spirit of American Youth Rising From the Waves.” The statue faces west toward the headstones of the 9,380 USA service personnel buried in the cemetery area. Most of these lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations.</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49553428 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-16,doc-49553428 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:26:44 +0000 2019-09-18T07:36:10+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49553428"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/34/28/49553428.d442ff92.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">At the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Coleville-sur-Mer in Normandy, France. This is close to the coastline that was code-named Omaha Beach during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. This was the beach where most of the troops from the USA landed on D-Day.<br /> The Memorial area is organized around this 22-foot tall bronze statue, “The Spirit of American Youth Rising From the Waves.” The statue faces west toward the headstones of the 9,380 USA service personnel buried in the cemetery area. Most of these lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations.</div> "Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves" <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49553428"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/34/28/49553428.d442ff92.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">At the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Coleville-sur-Mer in Normandy, France. This is close to the coastline that was code-named Omaha Beach during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. This was the beach where most of the troops from the USA landed on D-Day.<br /> The Memorial area is organized around this 22-foot tall bronze statue, “The Spirit of American Youth Rising From the Waves.” The statue faces west toward the headstones of the 9,380 USA service personnel buried in the cemetery area. Most of these lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations.</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49553426 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-16,doc-49553426 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:26:40 +0000 2019-09-18T07:34:52+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49553426"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/34/26/49553426.49950015.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">My picture gives no sense of scale, but this is one of four urns each about 4 feet (1.2 metres) tall. The Memorial is linked with a cemetery in which 9,380 USA service personnel are buried, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings in 1944 or in the ensuing operations.<br /> This urn represents words with which troops from both Jewish and Christian backgrounds will have been familiar: “The spirit of the lord moved on the face of the waters.” This seems to be fitting, since the Cemetery contains the graves of Christians and Jews, who fell together serving a common purpose.<br /> On the water, a spray of laurel recalls to memory those who lost their lives at sea; a rainbow emanates from each hand of the figure symbolizing hope and peace.</div> Urn at the Normandy American Memorial <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49553426"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/34/26/49553426.49950015.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">My picture gives no sense of scale, but this is one of four urns each about 4 feet (1.2 metres) tall. The Memorial is linked with a cemetery in which 9,380 USA service personnel are buried, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings in 1944 or in the ensuing operations.<br /> This urn represents words with which troops from both Jewish and Christian backgrounds will have been familiar: “The spirit of the lord moved on the face of the waters.” This seems to be fitting, since the Cemetery contains the graves of Christians and Jews, who fell together serving a common purpose.<br /> On the water, a spray of laurel recalls to memory those who lost their lives at sea; a rainbow emanates from each hand of the figure symbolizing hope and peace.</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49553424 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-16,doc-49553424 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:26:36 +0000 2019-09-18T07:28:46+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49553424"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/34/24/49553424.544d1113.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is at Coleville-sur-Mer in Normandy, France. It overlooks the coastline that was code-named Omaha Beach during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. This was the beach where most of the troops from the USA landed on D-Day. The Memorial area is organized around a 22-foot tall bronze statue, “The Spirit of American Youth Rising From the Waves,” which can be glimpsed through the wall in this picture.</div> At the Normandy American Memorial <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49553424"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/34/24/49553424.544d1113.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is at Coleville-sur-Mer in Normandy, France. It overlooks the coastline that was code-named Omaha Beach during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. This was the beach where most of the troops from the USA landed on D-Day. The Memorial area is organized around a 22-foot tall bronze statue, “The Spirit of American Youth Rising From the Waves,” which can be glimpsed through the wall in this picture.</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533138 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-08,doc-49533138 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:16:11 +0000 2019-09-17T15:59:10+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533138"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/38/49533138.a8b49d11.240.jpg?r2" width="172" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In the D-Day Garden at Arromanches-sur-Mer, Normandy, metal sculptures have been placed to suggest scenes from the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. The sculptures have been made out of small metal washers, individually welded together. This area of coastline was code-named Gold Beach and was where mostly British troops landed. This beach saw 1100 allied casualties on the D-Day itself, including 350 killed.<br /> The D-Day Garden was opened in June 2019, the 75th anniversary of D-Day.</div> A beach of death, now a garden <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533138"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/38/49533138.a8b49d11.240.jpg?r2" width="172" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In the D-Day Garden at Arromanches-sur-Mer, Normandy, metal sculptures have been placed to suggest scenes from the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. The sculptures have been made out of small metal washers, individually welded together. This area of coastline was code-named Gold Beach and was where mostly British troops landed. This beach saw 1100 allied casualties on the D-Day itself, including 350 killed.<br /> The D-Day Garden was opened in June 2019, the 75th anniversary of D-Day.</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533134 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-08,doc-49533134 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:14:53 +0000 2019-09-17T16:00:17+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533134"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/34/49533134.fa91106e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In the D-Day Garden at Arromanches-sur-Mer, Normandy, metal sculptures have been placed to suggest scenes from the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. The sculptures have been made out of small metal washers, individually welded together. This area of coastline was code-named Gold Beach and was where mostly British troops landed. This beach saw 1100 allied casualties on the D-Day itself, including 350 killed.<br /> The D-Day Garden was opened in June 2019, the 75th anniversary of D-Day.</div> A beach of death, now a garden <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533134"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/34/49533134.fa91106e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In the D-Day Garden at Arromanches-sur-Mer, Normandy, metal sculptures have been placed to suggest scenes from the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. The sculptures have been made out of small metal washers, individually welded together. This area of coastline was code-named Gold Beach and was where mostly British troops landed. This beach saw 1100 allied casualties on the D-Day itself, including 350 killed.<br /> The D-Day Garden was opened in June 2019, the 75th anniversary of D-Day.</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533132 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-08,doc-49533132 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:13:33 +0000 2019-09-17T16:41:20+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533132"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/32/49533132.8b326cac.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">German big gun placed during the occupation of France so as to defend the Normandy Coast from attack from La Manche / the 'English Channel'. This gun, thankfully out of action forever now, is near Arromanches-sur-Mer / Gold Beach.</div> Gun emplacement, Normandy - 2nd World War <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533132"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/32/49533132.8b326cac.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">German big gun placed during the occupation of France so as to defend the Normandy Coast from attack from La Manche / the 'English Channel'. This gun, thankfully out of action forever now, is near Arromanches-sur-Mer / Gold Beach.</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533128 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-08,doc-49533128 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:12:30 +0000 2019-09-17T14:57:57+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533128"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/28/49533128.39402995.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is one of many memorials placed outside the Juno Beach Centre, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. The number of names recorded is horrifying. <br /> "The Juno Beach Centre is Canada’s Second World War museum and cultural centre located in Normandy, France. The Centre pays homage to the 45,000 Canadians who lost their lives during the War, of which 5,500 were killed during the Battle of Normandy and 359 on D-Day. Opened in 2003 by veterans and volunteers with a vision to create a permanent memorial to all Canadians who served during the Second World War, the Centre’s mandate is to preserve this legacy for future generations through education and remembrance." (The Centre's own website.)</div> The Canadian Dead <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533128"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/28/49533128.39402995.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is one of many memorials placed outside the Juno Beach Centre, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. The number of names recorded is horrifying. <br /> "The Juno Beach Centre is Canada’s Second World War museum and cultural centre located in Normandy, France. The Centre pays homage to the 45,000 Canadians who lost their lives during the War, of which 5,500 were killed during the Battle of Normandy and 359 on D-Day. Opened in 2003 by veterans and volunteers with a vision to create a permanent memorial to all Canadians who served during the Second World War, the Centre’s mandate is to preserve this legacy for future generations through education and remembrance." (The Centre's own website.)</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533126 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-08,doc-49533126 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:11:11 +0000 2019-09-17T14:01:06+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533126"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/26/49533126.374651c6.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In the Juno Beach Centre, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. Presumably a member of the Canadian forces that landed at Juno Beach in June1944 was responsible for this artwork. [I had to photograph this: Donald has always been my favourite cartoon character, alongside Sylvester the Cat.]<br /> DD or Duplex Drive tanks, nicknamed "Donald Duck tanks" were a type of amphibious swimming tank developed by the British during the Second World War. The phrase is mostly used for the Duplex Drive variant of the M4 Sherman medium tank, that was used by the Western Allies during and after the Normandy Landings in June 1944. (Wikipedia.)</div> Donald Duck image, 1944 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49533126"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/26/49533126.374651c6.240.jpg?r2" width="159" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In the Juno Beach Centre, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. Presumably a member of the Canadian forces that landed at Juno Beach in June1944 was responsible for this artwork. [I had to photograph this: Donald has always been my favourite cartoon character, alongside Sylvester the Cat.]<br /> DD or Duplex Drive tanks, nicknamed "Donald Duck tanks" were a type of amphibious swimming tank developed by the British during the Second World War. The phrase is mostly used for the Duplex Drive variant of the M4 Sherman medium tank, that was used by the Western Allies during and after the Normandy Landings in June 1944. (Wikipedia.)</div> John Sheldon https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49501134 tag:ipernity.com,2019-11-27,doc-49501134 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:16:17 +0000 2019-09-17T10:25:10+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Sheldon) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49501134"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/34/49501134.9d602c4d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This picture of 'Sword Beach' is taken from Collville-Montgomery, looking towards Ouistreham. The strip of coastline code-named Sword Beach for the purposes of the Normandy Landings (D-Day landings) in June 1944 covers the five miles from Lion-sur-Mer to Ouistreham. Here is where British army units, with French and British Commandos, landed on 6th June, 1944.</div> Sword Beach, Colleville-Montgomery <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/john_sheldon">John Sheldon</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/john_sheldon/49501134"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/34/49501134.9d602c4d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This picture of 'Sword Beach' is taken from Collville-Montgomery, looking towards Ouistreham. The strip of coastline code-named Sword Beach for the purposes of the Normandy Landings (D-Day landings) in June 1944 covers the five miles from Lion-sur-Mer to Ouistreham. Here is where British army units, with French and British Commandos, landed on 6th June, 1944.</div> John Sheldon