Speaking of bunkers... we were checking out one of the bunkers above Omaha & met 2 Rangers who had taken out that particular bunker some 60 years ago, when who should walk up but 2 German soldiers who had manned that bunker, and escaped just prior to it being blown. Not a dry eye in the immediate vicinity when the 4 men met, shook hands, then hugged! All the men had family with them, down to great-grand kids, so we were able to see 'the potential' that DeSimone wrote so eloquently about in that article.
I found the French people in Normandy to be the most friendly and welcoming that we encountered in France. There were several people that went out of their way to express their gratitude to the Allied Troops for freeing them from German rule.