Juno Beach

Juno Beach                 March 25, 2015

This short piece about Juno Beach is for my Canadian family, since it was the D-Day battle in which the Canadians participated.  I know very little about it, so will mostly post photos of the area.  I did learn that the Canadians were the only group to meet their D-Day objective.  We saw lots of references to Canada in the area of Juno Beach.

Bill Millin, Scottish piper who piped for the British troops landing on Sword Beach.  "If you remember the piper, you won't forget the men who died there," he said.  Must have been quite a sight.  Bill was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, but grew up in Scotland.

Juno Beach, where the Canadian forces landed.  They were the only force to meet their goal for D-Day.  Those are British kids learning about D-Day. 

These famous WWII beaches stretch on for miles, from one small town to another, and are liberally posted with plaques describing the battle.  

The Juno Beach Center, designed in the shape of the maple leaf, the only Canadian Museum in Normandy.  A bunch of French school kids are outside.  The French seem to be doing a great job of educating their youth about WW II.  We saw groups at the Portsmouth Museum and all along the beaches in France.  

        This house faces the sea and was the first building liberated.

A photo of the same house on D-Day, as the area is being beseiged.

Sweet little wooden crosses in front of the above home,  placed in the sand by Canadian Armed Service groups. 

                            This group experienced heavy losses on D-Day.

    Daniel Yeo from Alberton, who died in the D-Day invasion.

   Bruce picked up sand and shells from Juno Beach for Dan MacLean.