APPENDIX V

D-Day Memorials and Museums

The following is a select list of important historical sites and museums related to the D-Day invasion. Some venues charge a fee per person to visit.

FRANCE

Airborne Museum, Sainte-Mère-Église; www.airborne-museum.org/en/

D-Day Experience, Saint-Côme-du-Mont; https://dday-experience.com

D-Day Museum Omaha, Vierville-sur-Mer; www.dday-omaha.fr/en/

Douvres Radar Museum, Douvres-la-Délivrande; www.musee-radar.fr

German Battery of Longues-sur-Mer, Longues-sur-Mer; http://bayeux-bessin-tourisme.com/en/visiteguidee/batterie-de-longues-sur-mer/

Juno Beach Center, Courseulles-sur-Mer; www.junobeach.org

Le Grand Bunker/Museum of the Atlantic Wall, Ouistreham; http://museegrandbunker.com/en/

Merville Battery Museum, Merville-Franceville; www.batterie-merville.com

Musée du Débarquement, Arromanches-les-Bains; www.musee-arromanches.fr

Museum of the Battle of Normandy, Bayeux; www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/musee_memorial_bataille_de_normandie_en.html

Omaha Beach Memorial Museum, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer; www.musee-memorial-omaha.com/en/

Overlord Museum, Colleville-sur-Mer; www.overlordmuseum.com/en/

Pegasus Bridge Memorial Museum, Ranville; http://codegeek.memorial-pegasus.com/en/

Pointe du Hoc Ranger Memorial, Pointe du Hoc; www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/pointe-du-hoc-ranger-monument

Utah Beach Landing Museum, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont; www.utah-beach.com

bck_fig_003

M4 Sherman tank greets visitors at the Omaha Beach Memorial Museum in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. PHOTO BY KEVIN GRANTHAM

bck_fig_004

bck_fig_019

The Airborne Museum at Sainte-Mère-Église honors the Allied soldiers who dropped into the Normandy region hours before the beach landings began. PHOTO BY KEVIN GRANTHAM

bck_fig_005

The Martin B-26 Marauder was the medium bomber type flown by the American Ninth Air Force to attack German military and infrastructure targets during Operation Overlord and the subsequent drive into Germany. PHOTO BY KEVIN GRANTHAM

UNITED STATES

Florida

National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola; www.navalaviationmuseum.org

Louisiana

National World War II Museum, New Orleans; www.nationalww2museum.org

Minnesota

Fagen Fighters World War II Museum, Granite Falls; www.fagenfighterswwiimuseum.org

Ohio

National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton; www.nationalmuseum.af.mil

Texas

Silent Wings Museum, Lubbock; www.silentwingsmuseum.org

National World War II Glider Pilots Association, Lubbock; www.ww2gp.org

Virginia

National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly; https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

Washington

Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, Everett; https://flyingheritage.org

Museum of Flight, Seattle; www.museumofflight.org

Washington, DC

National Air and Space Museum; https://airandspace.si.edu

ENGLAND

The D-Day Story, Portsmouth; https://theddaystory.com

Imperial War Museums, London, Duxford, Manchester; www.iwm.org.uk

American Air Museum in Britain, Duxford; www.americanairmuseum.com