Marshall Astor has been posting a series of photos he’s found on the Flicker group photosnormandie, here, here and here. They’re powerful. Here’s a photo of Michele and I in Normandy visiting my great uncle’s grave. He was killed on day two of D-Day. It was a moving day touring Omaha Beach and then finding his grave among the many.
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