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April 19th, 2008, 08:45 PM
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My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
A famous photo, printed in every book.
The us rangers climbed the cliffs and came in a "moon-scape". In this photo you see the captured germans lead away and in the same time the american wounded GI's get medical attention.
Watch the us flag, probably is there hoping the airforce will not make mistakes.
And now in the afternoonsun:
Most of the bunkers badly damaged by the bombing in the days prior to d-day.
That Ranger is me.....
The moonscape with huge craters.
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April 19th, 2008, 09:06 PM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
nice pictures! I love these "then and now" shots!
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April 19th, 2008, 10:56 PM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
i fully argee with .bigfun. great pitchers of then and now you have made my day well done
best krieg
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April 19th, 2008, 11:07 PM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
Nice pics!
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April 19th, 2008, 11:17 PM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
Brillant mate, keep them coming 
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April 20th, 2008, 05:46 AM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
Love the pics! Thanx!
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April 20th, 2008, 06:09 AM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
Really nice, if you put the now and then in black and whte you'd almost think they were taken the same year
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April 20th, 2008, 08:26 AM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
That's a great 'Then & Now', Gruber ! 
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April 20th, 2008, 11:59 AM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
Quote:
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Really nice, if you put the now and then in black and whte you'd almost think they were taken the same year
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You mean something like this?
Both 1944 
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April 20th, 2008, 12:07 PM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
nice work mate. You can see on the right of the cliff face, what appears to be a land protruding out from the mainland, and you can see just how much land was both blown away and how much was remade.
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April 20th, 2008, 12:17 PM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
Excellent Then & Nows.
Cheers.
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April 20th, 2008, 01:53 PM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
Great then and now comparisons Edward.
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April 21st, 2008, 02:30 PM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
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April 21st, 2008, 03:09 PM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
Excellent Grüber! The effect is most impressive this way.
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April 21st, 2008, 04:04 PM
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Re: My favorite Pointe du Hoc spot.
Great pics.....thanks for sharing.
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