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D-Day / Pointe du Hoc
​The Normandy Invasion

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D-Day, June 6, 1944...
One of the most important days of WWII.

This artifact is a piece of support beam recovered from a German  fortification at Pointe du Hoc (Normandy Coast, France)...a major assault point of the D-Day Invasion.

Also featured with this artifact ​are a
​rock and sand from Omaha Beach.  

(Donated by Luke Johnson)​
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