June 5, 2019

It was eye opening and informative to learn more about our history…

We had a busy past few days as we visited many military cemeteries and D Day Academy which was a military museum filled with trucks and Canadian, American, and German military equipment and guns. Today (June 5th) we started off the day by learning about Operation Epsom by looking at Hill 112 which was described as “Just like Verdun”. Chances here for death was high unless you were bunkered down or on high ground. Next, to Point 67 where there was continuous action for 3 weeks to a month which was interesting. It was eye opening and informative to learn more about our history.

— Mackenzie Sharkey

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