The Memorial
France /
Basse-Normandie /
Colleville-sur-Mer /
World
/ France
/ Basse-Normandie
/ Colleville-sur-Mer
statue, war memorial
This raised platform and open-air memorial features a 22 foot bronze statue, "The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves." facing west toward the headstones. Large maps are engraved in the walls showing the movements of shoulders in the battle throughout the region.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°21'33"N -0°51'12"E
- Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial 0.7 km
- Bayeux British War Cemetery CWGC 14 km
- British D-Day Memorial in Normandy 23 km
- Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery CWGC 30 km
- New Milton - War Memorial Recreation Ground 166 km
- Chattri Memorial 177 km
- War Memorial and Escarpment, Oxshott Heath, Surrey 223 km
- Tomb of The Unknown Warrior 244 km
- War Memorial Park 341 km
- The Lynn Lumley Sports Fields 342 km
- FOX Green Sector 1.1 km
- EASY Red Sector 1.5 km
- Omaha Beach 2 km
- EASY green sector 2.3 km
- DOG red sector 2.8 km
- DOG white sector 3.3 km
- DOG green sector 3.9 km
- Charlie Sector 4.4 km
- Omaha Beach Golf Course 6.7 km
- La Cambe - German World War 2 Cemetery 13 km