Sorry, BJ - had to open a new message box because my preceding waffle was too long :-) Thank you for this album. It is such an important piece of work; a fitting, virtually perfect pictorial tribute to those brave men who took part in this great crusade and who died for our eternal freedom. Once again, I am deeply impressed by your artistic vision and restraint; by the respect you have shown these honoured dead (as Lincoln referred to them in another context) by the framing, composition and sensitivity of your images. I'm impressed, too, by your editing. You must, after all, have taken hundreds of shots, yet the relatively few pictures here speak so eloquently of what happened here all those decades ago. Millions of words have been written about D-Day, but in the case of this fine and noble collection, one picture is indeed worth a thousand words. This album should be mounted on a memorial wall at Arlington...

said DaveMullany 2007.09.24 at 02:59:10 PDT

I'm a baby boomer. World War 2 was over before I was born, but this epic catastrophe has been a major influence on my life since the first cognitive thought meandered warily through my childish mind. No doubt this is due to the fact I gew up (until the age of seven) in post-war Britain, when food rationing was still in force and our first family home was a prefabricated bungalow made from asbestos. On my birth certificate, my father is listed as "Patrick Ambrose Mullany, Sergeant RAF." My entire adult family served in the war - father, mother, uncles - all of them in the Royal Air Force. As a result, my formative years were, not surprisingly, coloured by my parents' reminscences of the greatest - and most terrible - adventure of their own lives. While I obviously developed a keen interest in the war in the air (my father and mother were in Bomber Command), the passing years also saw me increasingly intrigued by the ground war as well. After all, this wasn't ancient history to me; it was an event that was still in the hearts and minds of all the adults around me. For some reason (and I'm not really sure why), the D-Day landings in general - and the US assault on Omaha Beach in particular - fired my imagination more than any other...with the possible exception of the exploits of the US Marine Corps on the islands of the Pacific (Semper fi, Mac...). To this day, I cannot read any account of the horrific assault on Omaha without shedding tears. To this day, I cannot watch the opening sequences of 'Saving Private Ryan' without becoming so choked by emotion that I am, quite literally, unable to speak. It's not because of some boyish fascination with the noise, chaos and carnage of battle, but the simple thought that all those men - without question - climbed into those landing craft and headed straight into the minefields and the machine-guns so that I and millions like me could be born and grow in freedom, and not under the yoke of some insane tyrant. I have never forgotten what they did, and I never shall.

said DaveMullany 2007.09.24 at 02:49:57 PDT

A truly beautiful album. I had the privilege of visiting Pont du Hoc and the American Cemetery in 2002 and it was an amazing experience. You have captured the spirit of it here so wonderfully! Thank you for sharing & God bless, Tamelin :-)

said tamelin 2007.07.23 at 22:13:00 PDT

A huge thank you for this album. My late father was there and at the Battle of the Bulge. I am looking at books and online sites providing guided tours of the battlefields, museums, monuments, and War cemetaries of Normandy, and all the Ardennes, etc. I plan to go alone, this fall - the wife and kids don't understand. Thank you for your choice of subject and technically superb photos. Charlie

said flibzodian 2007.04.17 at 05:48:34 PDT

As a USA veteran, I thank you for the rememberance of those americans who gave their life in defense of freedom for all on earth. May peace be to all men. God bless you in this effort.

said docpadc 2007.01.20 at 06:58:03 PST

Brent, I am totally amazed that you haven't had any comments on this most meaningful album. After all these years it is still a most moving experience to watch your slideshow. Have a blessed Christmas and a peaceful New Year. ... Judy aka L@dybug

said ladybug591 2006.12.22 at 19:55:23 PST