[BluSky]

My wife's father (age 79) served in WW II and landed on Utah Beach. To me, he is a great American.

We are taking him to France in 3 weeks - we're going early as to avoid the large crowds.

He was with the 80th Infantry, 319th Regiment. We are flying into Paris then with rental car, driving out to Caen. This way, we figure, we have wheels and can go where we need to.

We plan to re-trace his route across France (St. Lo, Falaise, Argentan, Orleans, Troyes, Chalons de-Champagne, to Luxenbourg and Luxenbourg City to Bastogne [Battle of the Bulge] and Ardennes area, Bitburg, Germany and back to Paris).

We are very much looking forward to this experience. Oh my, the stories he tells.

We expect to be overwhelmed with emotion the entire trip.

We are in the process of arranging a tour of the Normandy beaches, bunkers and area but, have not had success at finding anything. There are many tours but, we don't want the 'commercial' tour. We're looking for a private tour that is flexible with their schedule.

Enjoy your experience.

[Euro-American Scum]

We plan to re-trace his route across France (St. Lo, Falaise, Argentan, Orleans, Troyes, Chalons de-Champagne, to Luxenbourg and Luxenbourg City to Bastogne [Battle of the Bulge] and Ardennes area, Bitburg, Germany and back to Paris). We are very much looking forward to this experience. Oh my, the stories he tells.

Sounds like the path of Patton's Third Army. And you're fortunate he opened up to you. My father never said a word to anyone about anything, except to grumble that the only good German was a dead German. He never got over hating them, right to the end.

We expect to be overwhelmed with emotion the entire trip.

As do I.