French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub them into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
Of the 9,387 Americans buried, only four women are buried there.
Sgt. Dolores Browne and PFC Mary J. Barlow and Mary H. Blankston, were members of the first all-female and the first all-African-American battalion to serve overseas.
Their battalion was nicknamed the six-triple eight.
This battalion of 850 women was the only all-black Women’s Army Corp unit to be deployed to Europe in WW2.
The "Six Triple Eight" was responsible for sorting mail to soldiers.
The time Billy Idol showed up to my high school’s grad night. (1/2)
This is Miraleste HS in Palos Verdes. Billy showed up as a favor to the kid on the right. His dad was the famous doctor who performed surgery on him after his terrible motorcycle accident.
The doctor is also the voice of the surgeon on the Guns N Roses song Coma.
I was not in this class. I graduated the year after. Sans Fanny pack.
French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub them into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
The sound on makes this more fulfilling.
Thank you for all the likes of sharing of this video. I post this every Memorial Day and Veterans Day in not just a tip of our caps to our soldiers, but also to educate many on a little known gem and pass on kindness.
This is what my Twitter feed is all about. Peace to all.