UTAH  BEACH
D-DAY NORMANDY INVASION
JUNE 1944

Private Cameron Hafer
Company B, 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion

What follows are pictures taken in July 2006 of the Normandy countryside
and the path Cameron Hafer followed during his 32 days in France.

Resource reference:
Cameron Henry Hafer:  A Soldier In the Normandy Invasion
Library of Congress #2008936568  Copyright 2008
(Book is now available at Cafe Press)

Cameron Hafer covered many miles in France's Cotentin Peninsula during the
Normandy Invasion.  The links below is an attempt to show the path Cam traveled. 
What was once a place of peril and terror is now a beautiful, peaceful countryside.
Sadly, Cam died from cancer before he could return to a land he helped liberate.
In 1944, it is doubtful he was able to take in the beauty of the area.
Even today, it is difficult to imagine it was a setting of terrible bloodshed and war.
He would have certainly appreciated the beautiful setting that now dominates the area.

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Private Cameron H. Hafer
Heavy Mortar Crewman, 1607
Company B, 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion
September 1943

By Gary Hafer
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INDEX OF LINKS TO THE PICTURES OF NORMANDY, JULY 2006 Click on any picture in these link pages to enlarge
  Utah Beach to Pouppeville - Day 1 of the invasion   Refers to the map on page 39.  (Found in Cameron Henry Hafer:  A Soldier In the Normandy Invasion)
  Pouppeville to les Forges - End of Day 1, June 6   Refers to the map on page 40.
  les Forges to St. Mere-Eglise - Day 2...June 7   Refers to the map on page 43.
  St. Come-Du-Mont - Day 3...June 8   Refers to the map on page 44.
  Carentan - Days 4-7...June 9-12   Refers to the maps on pages 46 & 47.
  Montebourg - Days 7-10...June 12-15   Refers to the map on page 50. Quineville Ridge, 2nd Phase. 
  St. Saveur Le Vicomte - Days 11-13...June 16-18   Refers to the map on page 55.
  Cherbourg - Days 14-21...June 19-26   Refers to the maps on pages 59, 60 & 62.
  Cap De La Hague - Days 22-25...June 27-30   Refers to the map on page 72.  (No pictures of this area.)
  Blosville - Days 26 & 27...July 1-2   Refer to the map on page 40.  Blosville is southwest of les Forges.  Tactical Bivouac - Time of rest.
  Valognes & La Guenauderie - Days 28-32...July 3-7   Cam was "lightly wounded in action" on the morning of July 7.