American War Cemetery at Omaha Beach
Nov 2nd 2012, 3:54 pm
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Cemetery at Normandy
Hello. My name is Brian and I live in the U.S. I need a huge favor if anyone is going to the cemetery at Normandy. My Grandmothers first husband died at Normandy. We probably will never get the chance to go to France so i would like to ask if anyone could take a picture of his headstone & e-mail it to me.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
Nov 2nd 2012, 3:59 pm
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Hello. My name is Brian and I live in the U.S. I need a huge favor if anyone is going to the cemetery at Normandy. My Grandmothers first husband died at Normandy. We probably will never get the chance to go to France so i would like to ask if anyone could take a picture of his headstone & e-mail it to me.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
Nov 2nd 2012, 6:09 pm
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Re: Introduction Thread (Somewhere to say Hi)
Hello. My name is Brian and I live in the U.S. I need a huge favor if anyone is going to the cemetery at Normandy. My Grandmothers first husband died at Normandy. We probably will never get the chance to go to France so i would like to ask if anyone could take a picture of his headstone & e-mail it to me.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
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Nov 2nd 2012, 8:44 pm
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Re: Introduction Thread (Somewhere to say Hi)
Hello. My name is Brian and I live in the U.S. I need a huge favor if anyone is going to the cemetery at Normandy. My Grandmothers first husband died at Normandy. We probably will never get the chance to go to France so i would like to ask if anyone could take a picture of his headstone & e-mail it to me.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
Nov 3rd 2012, 7:16 am
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Re: Cemetery at Normandy
Hello. My name is Brian and I live in the U.S. I need a huge favor if anyone is going to the cemetery at Normandy. My Grandmothers first husband died at Normandy. We probably will never get the chance to go to France so i would like to ask if anyone could take a picture of his headstone & e-mail it to me.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
Nov 3rd 2012, 11:26 am
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Re: Cemetery at Normandy
Hello. My name is Brian and I live in the U.S. I need a huge favor if anyone is going to the cemetery at Normandy. My Grandmothers first husband died at Normandy. We probably will never get the chance to go to France so i would like to ask if anyone could take a picture of his headstone & e-mail it to me.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
BrianP367,
If it is the Omaha Beach cemetery you refer to, there is an interesting virtual tour which may be of general interest to you at the following link:
http://www2.normandie-tourisme.fr/VR...ages_dday.html
The controls allow for the pan view to be slowed down, reversed etc, and also viewed full-screen which is particularly impressive.
Nov 3rd 2012, 12:54 pm
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I believe it is the American war cemetery at Omaha Beach.
It has almost 10,000 graves & covers 172 acres.
According to the burial list this has to be the correct cemetery.
It has almost 10,000 graves & covers 172 acres.
According to the burial list this has to be the correct cemetery.
Nov 3rd 2012, 12:57 pm
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Hello. My name is Brian and I live in the U.S. I need a huge favor if anyone is going to the cemetery at Normandy. My Grandmothers first husband died at Normandy. We probably will never get the chance to go to France so i would like to ask if anyone could take a picture of his headstone & e-mail it to me.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
I believe it is the American war cemetery at Omaha Beach.
It has almost 10,000 graves & covers 172 acres.
According to the burial list this has to be the correct cemetery.
His name is Baxter Stafford G he is in PLOT J ROW 11 GRAVE 6
I would be eternally grateful.
I believe it is the American war cemetery at Omaha Beach.
It has almost 10,000 graves & covers 172 acres.
According to the burial list this has to be the correct cemetery.
Nov 3rd 2012, 1:02 pm
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Re: Cemetery at Normandy
http://www.dday0606.org/normandy-sorted-names.pdf
Nov 3rd 2012, 1:03 pm
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Re: Cemetery at Normandy
Well Brian I live in Normandy but unfortunately not that part! but I do sometimes go up there. Next time I do (which probably won't be until March I'm afraid), I will come back to this thread and check whether your request has been met. Hopefully you will have your images by then but if not, I'll definitely do it for you. So please keep this thread updated.
Nov 3rd 2012, 1:19 pm
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Re: Cemetery at Normandy
When I'm in France, I live very near to there. I'll next be in the neighbourhood in late January. I'd be happy to take the photo if no-one else volunteers before then.
Nov 5th 2012, 5:18 pm
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I am grateful for all the comments. To keep from bothering everyone about this, I will post this once a month to remind everyone & update everyone.
Thank you,
Brian.
Thank you,
Brian.
Nov 5th 2012, 6:07 pm
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Brian - you are not bothering anyone on this site. If someone can help you, they will, yes, myself included. Others are better placed. Share what you need here.