Can you imagine the courage it took
To cross 400 yards of open beach
         Machine gun, mortar and artillery fire
no time to realize that your future looks dire 

Omaha’s  beach had gentle slopes 
     Immediately behind rose high sandy bluffs
Infantrymen had to move  thru the surf and beach defences 
      The waves coming in was intense and rough 

     German gun positions peppered the shore 
The moment troops left their landing craft
            They were gunned down 
Leaving a trail of death and gore 

        Above was a 100 foot high bluff 
Shells and mortar bombs caused most of the injuries 
      barbed wire, mines and hidden Bobby trap explosives 
       Annihilation  was the Germans motive

Omaha was covered with the dead
Helping a fallen soldier mean certain death for yourself
Men were also being drowned by the weight of their gear
It’s hard to imagine isn’t it- the terror the fear 

    They say God watches over the battlefield
I pray that is a fact
            2501 American servicemen died 
  Service before self to their country but for the families-  their soldiers never came back…..

****soon all of the world war 2 veterans whom survived 6 June 1945 D-Day will no longer be among us- 



Written by : Kimberly Stowe green