These 9,000 bodies stenciled on a Normandy beach will break your heart

[TheRifleman]

The seaside town of Arromanches, France, looked quite different over the weekend. Nine thousand silhouettes were hand-drawn in the sand on the Normandy beach to commemorate the soldiers and civilians who died on June 6, 1944. This stirring tribute, called "The Fallen," was conceived by British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss, who enlisted the help of 200 volunteers to mark the International Day of Peace over the weekend. It took two years to prepare for the project, and the results, which were ultimately washed away by the tide, were heartbreaking. "All around us there are relics of the Second World War, but the one thing that is missing are the people that actually died," Wardley said. "We've very quietly made a big statement."

http://now.msn.com/bodies-drawn-on-normandy-beach-to-commemorate-d-day-deaths-on-international-peace-day

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RIP and thank-you. When your country called for you to sacrifice your life....you came and died. We're not worthy. Trust me, we're not. But thank-you anyway. Hopefully you are in God's arms. THANK - YOU!!!!

Normandy beach France - D-day.

[TheRifleman]

There is nothing on this earth that could properly honor the fallen on June 6, 1944. Those men were truly the greatest generation, living through the Great Depression and beating pure evil in World War 2. May God Bless them all. Most of them were young, young men...teenagers. They never lived their lives, instead they died to that you could live yours. SALUTE!!!

[TheRifleman]

[TheRifleman]