Back-to-School Coloring Contest and Sale! The Biggest and the Best Selection Expertly Fit! ORCHARD MALL Orchard Lake Rd. N. of Maple West Bloomfield SHOE S "Serving the community for 40 years." 851-5566 Greg Displays in the D-Day Museum. D-Day Beaches: Sites To See In France Extended Hours: Mon. & Fri. 10-8 Tues., Wed. & Sat. 10-6 Thurs. 10-9 Sun. 12-5 Cle VISA LEWIS ERIC LACHTER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ill 1111 AIL te2--„ flat/bet/is seedling grew into the most beautiful, bountiful Apple Tree her neighbors had ever seen. Soon it became tradition that on the third Friday of every month, grandparents, parents and children sat under The Apple Tree to celebrate and embrace Jewish family life. 84 continued on page 127 AI._ drill Next time you feed your face.. . think about your heart. to American Heart Association WERE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE ISRAEL from '790 (roundtrip from Windsor) METRO DETROIT ISRAEL EXPERT 810-FLY EL-AL une 6, 1944, an important date for Jews and all liberty- loving people. It's the date that marked the beginning of the end of World War II. It was the date that heroic American, English and Canadian troops crossed the English Channel in the dark of night and landed on Nazi-held, Nazi-fortified beach- es of Normandy in northwestern France. D-Day is an important date in world history, and this history is kept alive, meaningful and cur- rent by the French. I recently spent four days tour- ing Normandy, and I highly rec- ommend it if you are interested in personally experiencing the im- pressive, spine-chilling drama of this important page in world his- tory. If you visit Normandy, you will see 40 miles of beaches where the Allied troops landed. You will see the massive relics of landing barges and huge platforms that remain to this day in the windswept water. Memorials to specific fighting units dot the land- scape. High lookouts offer tele- scopes to see better and absorb more of the day the largest arma- da in world history crossed the English Channel. After the cross- ing, the camouflaged fighting force stormed ashore and defeated the weaponry and fortifications the Nazi war machine had en- trenched over a three-year peri- od. You will see actual films of the Nazis as they wait behind their guns as the Allied forces come ashore. You will see the Utah and Om- aha beaches, which were the land- ing sites of the First U.S. Army. The Anglo-Canadian troops went ashore on Gold, Juno and Sword beaches. A total of 120,000 men and 20,000 vehicles under the com- mand of General Dwight Eisen- hower landed on the five beaches. In addition to seeing the battle sites, you can visit the D-Day museum in a town called Arro- maches. The museum does an ex- cellent job of explaining and portraying graphically and in great detail the first attacks and the battle that lasted until Aug. 21, 1944. Displays in the huge museum show life-size equipment (tanks, guns, planes, landing barges). Also exhibited are a wide variety of uni- forms and a large chart that de- tails the commanding forces organization of Operation Over- lord. Films and audio-visual pre- sentations show actual battle scenes graphically and powerful- ly. Another museum, about an hour's drive from the beaches, is called the Peace Museum. This massive building in Caen includes D-Day information and films of both Allied and German troops in action. In addition, the Peace Mu- seum has a sobering Holocaust exhibit.