Our American D-Day Experience 3 Day Normandy Tour is designed to give a comprehensive overview of the American Forces on D-Day June 6 1944 and the six days that followed.
This magnificent 3 Day tour begins in the US Airborne sector on the western flank of the Normandy invasion. The tour visits many sites of intense action by units of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and also the amphibious landings at UTAH Beach by the US 4th and 90th Infantry Divisions, looking closely at the naval and air co-operation.
The following day the tour continues to follow the American Airborne Divisions as they battled on to fulfill their objectives in the rugged Normandy Bocage (hedgerows) and the flooded plains at the base of the estuary. In the afternoon the tour looks at the western flank of US V Corps and visits the sites made famous by the US Army Rangers.
The third day the tour moves into the OMAHA Beach sector concentrating on the beach landings of the the US 1st and 29th Infantry Divisions. The tour pays an emotional visit to the Normandy American Military Cemetery and looks into further detail at the landings and how it all fits together and the role the French Resistance and civilians played.
Tour Itinerary – American D-Day Experience 3 Day Tour
Day 1
Part I – US 101st Airborne Division
Drop Zone D (501st & 506th Parachute Infantry Regiments)
Angoville-au-Plain
Ste-Marie-du-Mont
Brécourt Manor (506th Parachute Infantry Regiment)
Part II – US 82nd Airborne Division
Ste-Mère-Église (505th Parachute Infantry Regiment)
Drop Zones T & N (82nd Airborne Division)
La Fière – The Battle of the Bridge over the Merderet River
Cauquiny
Amfréville
Part III – UTAH Beach – The Amphibious Assault
UTAH Beach – TARE Sector WN10 Strongpoint
UTAH Beach – UNCLE Sector WN5 Strongpoint & Memorials
Day 2
Part I – US Airborne & US Rangers
St-Côme-du-Mont (101st Airborne Division)
The Battle for Carentan (The Carentan Causeway)
Carentan
Graignes (507th Parachute Infantry Regiment & 101st Airborne)
Part II – US Army Rangers
Normandy Victory Museum
The Maisy Battery (2nd & 5th US Army Ranger Battalions)
Grandcamp-Maisy (US 29th Division & US Rangers)
Pointe-du-Hoc – The D-Day Assault (US Army Rangers) – US V Corps West Flank
La Cambe German Military Cemetery
Day 3
Part I – OMAHA BEACH – East Flank
The Artillery Positions
The Hedgerows
Colleville-sur-Mer
OMAHA Beach – EASY RED Sector – The Assault (US 1st Infantry Division)
OMAHA Beach – WN62 – German Strongpoint overlooking the beach
US Military Normandy Cemetery & Memorial – overlooking OMAHA Beach
Part II – OMAHA BEACH – West Flank
OMAHA Beach – DOG GREEN Sector – The Assault (US 29th Infantry Division National Guard & US Army Rangers)
OMAHA Beach – WN72 – German Strongpoint overlooking the beach
OMAHA Beach Memorials
The French Resistance and the part played on D-Day
Site of US Military Cemetery No. 1
Vierville-sur-Mer
You can also add days – as many as you like – for example if you wanted to add The Battle of St-Lô, The Falaise Pocket or The Battle of Mortain to the routing or maybe our British and Canadian tours – there’s plenty to choose from. You can also swop days out for days of other tours. All tours are private so plenty of flexibility.
If family members were involved I can also tailor the tour to focus on specific units, sites and areas of interest.
Please feel free to CONTACT me for additional information.
I feel like I won't be able to put into words how much we enjoyed our three day tour with Gary of Pegasus Tours. I have read many books about D-Day, the battles of Normandy, and the Resistance, but with Gary's depth of knowledge, it came alive - from giving information about the larger context of these events to the small, personal but very touching details that brought the reality of it all home.
Gary also took into account our special interests in designing an itinerary, which we truly appreciated. What a wonderful experience!