The sight of all those crosses and realizing the heroic lost lives they represent remind me not to be complacent about the resurgent embrace of fascist thought seeping into society today from any extreme of the political spectrum.
I can’t imagine the emotional impact visiting that site in person must have. I hope for a chance to visit it myself someday. Well done to Tim Cook for paying his respects there.
I've been there. It's a very solemn place, beautiful, overlooking Omaha beach. And yes, it is quite emotional. Quiet and neatly kept, like all US cemeteries. I'm sure Tim was moved by it. It's hard not to be.
Nearby is Pont du Hoc where the US Rangers scaled cliffs under withering fire by the Germans.