A Bridge Too Far..................

[NoncomRetired]

Same with me, as a kid, reading about places and events wasn't enough, I made it an important and interesting pastime in my later years to go and stand in those places myself, from historical events to movie locations.

I never made it to Bastogne though. Corregidor was most interesting, nothing there except what was left after we took the island back and jumping on "The Rock" was an attack for the history books.

All the gun positions still facing seaward.

Originally Posted by alanint

It is amazing to stand in the actual locations where these events took place. I try to go every year and find locations that are fairly well known from the history books and take a "then and now" photograph. Some are favorites like the town square in Bastogne and others more poignant like the Baugnez Crossroads and the horse troughs in Honsfeld.

I also try to visit every US cemetery that is nearby.