Day beaches in Normandy is one of the most powerful and sobering experiences you can have in France. Scattered along the coast are remnants of the largest amphibious invasion in history—quiet stretches of sand,

"If we forget what the country and all those people were able to do, then we kind of are forgetting how great the country used to be."

A U.S. flag lies as a marker on a destroyed bunker two days after the strategic site overlooking D-Day beaches was captured by U.S. Army Rangers at Pointe du Hoc, France, June 8,