Remember: D-Day Tours in Normandy

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Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Normandie
Remember: D-Day Tours in Normandy

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A non-profit organization offering D-Day tours in Normandy.

Building on his 30+ years of WWII research, documentary film-maker Rodolphe Rutman has created the “D-Day Discovery Tours” www.ddaytoursinnormandy.com

13/09/2026

We are delighted that REMEMBER’s latest documentary project, Searching for A.S.O.A., is being featured by France 3 Normandie on 13 September 2026. This new project takes us into the archives and across Normandy as we uncover the story behind A.S.O.A. and bring another forgotten wartime story back to life.

If you would like to help us bring this documentary to completion, you can make a donation using the link below. All proceeds will go directly towards the production costs of Searching for A.S.O.A., helping us fund the research, filming and production needed to tell this story.

Watch here: https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/normandie/calvados/officiellement-l-avion-s-est-ecrase-a-600-km-d-ici-sur-les-traces-du-premier-soldat-americain-mort-a-omaha-beach-3416288.html

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Thanks to Xavier Lachenaud, our cameraman.
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Genealogical research: Hayley Rawding

Donate here : https://buy.stripe.com/3cI9AU74PbHrf1q1XG1VK0W

26/07/2026

It is official: the D-Day landing beaches have finally been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, after a wait of more than 20 years. The decision was made on the morning of Sunday, July 26, in Busan, South Korea, during the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee.

Hervé Morin, President of the Normandy Region, had expressed confidence in recent weeks—and he was right! The landing beaches of June 1944 were officially inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site on Sunday, July 26, following a 20-year process (the bid was launched in 2006). They thus become the fourth site in Normandy to receive this distinction. The decision was made by the World Heritage Committee, currently meeting in Busan, South Korea.

A major milestone for the Normandy beaches

The decision covers Utah Beach in the Manche department, as well as Omaha Beach, Gold Beach, Juno Beach, and Sword Beach in Calvados. As a reminder, these are the beaches where 133,000 American, British, Canadian, and French soldiers landed on June 6, 1944.

The nomination dossier submitted by the Normandy delegation also includes Pointe du Hoc in Cricqueville-en-Bessin—stormed and scaled by Rangers on D-Day—as well as the artificial harbor at Arromanches.

17/06/2026

At the Normandy American Cemetery, silence carries more weight than words.

Row after row of white crosses and Stars of David stand above Omaha Beach, marking the resting place of thousands who never came home from the Battle of Normandy. It is a place of reflection, sacrifice, and remembrance—where the scale of 1944 becomes deeply, personally real.

As part of our work to preserve these stories for future generations, we are continuing to develop our project Save their Voices—focused on protecting the testimonies of veterans and eyewitnesses before they are lost to time.

If you would like to support this mission, you can contribute here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-their-voices

Every contribution helps ensure these voices are not only remembered, but heard.

11/06/2026

https://www.remember-npo.org/big-red-omaha-archive-project/
In 2002-2003, filmmakers Jacques and Rodolphe Rutman travelled across the United States to interview veterans of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division for the documentary Big Red Omaha. More than 50 hours of interviews were recorded, but only a small portion of this material could be included in the final film.

Today, all of the veterans who were interviewed have passed away, making these recordings an irreplaceable historical archive. The original tapes are safely preserved in the archives of REMEMBER, a French non-profit association dedicated to preserving the memory of the Second World War.

We are raising funds to professionally digitise these tapes before the technology needed to read them becomes increasingly difficult and expensive to access. Once digitised, the interviews will be catalogued and donated to the U.S. National Archives, ensuring that the stories of these veterans remain available to researchers, historians, families, and future generations.

Every donation, no matter the amount, will help preserve these voices for the future. As a thank-you, every donor will receive free online access to watch the original documentary Big Red Omaha for up to 28 days.

All funds raised will be paid directly to REMEMBER and used exclusively for the digitisation, preservation, cataloguing, and donation of this collection.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-their-voices

11/06/2026

7th June at Hérouville Saint Clair - commemorating the soldiers of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment who died at Lebisey Woods during the battle of Normandy.
Pascale Crochemore Agnes Dolhem Jason Woods

09/06/2026

The Flag Ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery, every day at 4pm.....

06/06/2026

82 years ago today, on 6 June 1944, Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy in the largest amphibious invasion in history.

On this anniversary of D-Day, we remember the courage, sacrifice, and determination of all those who fought to liberate Europe from tyranny. Many never returned. Their legacy endures in the freedoms we enjoy today.

As we remember them, here is the message General Dwight D. Eisenhower issued to the Allied Expeditionary Force before the invasion:

"Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!

You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.

In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of N**i tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.

But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the N**i triumphs of 1940–41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and mu*****ns of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men.

The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!

I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking."

— General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force

🎥 Excerpt from "Big Red Omaha", a documentary film by Rodolphe Rutman.
https://www.remember-npo.org/big-red-omaha-archive-project/

26/05/2026

Memorial Day Ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery

24/05/2026

Memorial Day Ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery 24th May 2026.

20/05/2026

🇫🇷 Due to a last-minute cancellation, we now have limited availability for our D-Day Tours in Normandy on June 7th & 8th.

This is a rare opportunity to join us during one of the most meaningful weekends of the year as we share with you the beaches, battlefields, and stories of June 1944.

Whether it’s your first visit to Normandy or a return to pay tribute to those who served, we would be honoured to guide you through this unforgettable experience.

📩 Send us a message for details and availability: [email protected] or visit our website: www.ddaytoursinnormandy.com

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1018 Boulevard Du Grand Parc Prte 10
Hérouville-Saint-Clair
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