From Honfleur to Mont-Saint-Michel we will travel 620 kilometers, passing by landing beaches, to meet unique personalities. Historian Florent Plana makes it a matter of honor to tell the children of American soldiers about the terrible days of their father on June 6, 1944.
“They lost loved ones. We owe them some time.“, explains Florent Plana. A few days before June 6, the anniversary of D-Day, this special Normandy issue dedicates a report to this special tourist guide. It introduces the grandchildren of 31-year-old American veterans to these places where their fathers fought. , in June 1944.
Florent Plana is completely immersed in this history. In 2014, he traveled across the United States in his trailer to collect testimonies from a thousand veterans. When I see this beach of Omaha Beach, I think of everything that happened in 1944. I picture these boats from afar. These thousands of soldiers are coming, the Germans are shooting…” This morning he’s accompanying the Millers, a few retired Americans. Bob Miller suddenly recognizes the house that his father had photographed seventy-nine years ago and which he had hid behind to avoid German fire. “ This is the house I wanted to see. I know my father is here. she said, her voice full of emotion.
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HACENE CHOUCHAOUI
Source: Programme Television
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