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“We, too, born to freedom…”
The National Guard Monument的点评
点评：This is the largest and most obvious of a group of WWII memorials that are clustered at the Pointe-du-Hoc end of Omaha Beach.
Unlike the others, this is not exclusively related to WWII. It represents the volunteer civilian soldiers who made up the US National Guard and fought in Europe in both WWI and WWII.
What you find here is a substantial and solid looking U-shaped structure. It sits on top of a WWII German bunker which housed the fearsome 88 mm cannon (a lethally accurate anti-aircraft and tank gun). It marks the spot where the 29th National Guard Division managed to break through German defences on D-Day, on the 6th June, 1944.
On each of the inner three walls, there are inscriptions that describe the role played by the National Guard in the both WWI and WWII. These are easily read because you can walk inside the U-shape.
It’s harder to read the inscriptions on the outer walls. Each of the outer walls carries an inspiring quote from one of the three major Allied leaders - Roosevelt, Churchill and Charles de Gaulle.
The quote from US leader, Roosevelt reads, “We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.”
To get a better understanding of what the soldiers faced when they landed here on D-Day, we climbed the steep slope just past the National Guard monument, up towards the camping site. Halfway up, a German bunker is set into the hillside and from the very top, we could look back down over the beach. It was a shock to see just how terribly exposed they were when they landed on the beachfront.
Unlike the others, this is not exclusively related to WWII. It represents the volunteer civilian soldiers who made up the US National Guard and fought in Europe in both WWI and WWII.
What you find here is a substantial and solid looking U-shaped structure. It sits on top of a WWII German bunker which housed the fearsome 88 mm cannon (a lethally accurate anti-aircraft and tank gun). It marks the spot where the 29th National Guard Division managed to break through German defences on D-Day, on the 6th June, 1944.
On each of the inner three walls, there are inscriptions that describe the role played by the National Guard in the both WWI and WWII. These are easily read because you can walk inside the U-shape.
It’s harder to read the inscriptions on the outer walls. Each of the outer walls carries an inspiring quote from one of the three major Allied leaders - Roosevelt, Churchill and Charles de Gaulle.
The quote from US leader, Roosevelt reads, “We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.”
To get a better understanding of what the soldiers faced when they landed here on D-Day, we climbed the steep slope just past the National Guard monument, up towards the camping site. Halfway up, a German bunker is set into the hillside and from the very top, we could look back down over the beach. It was a shock to see just how terribly exposed they were when they landed on the beachfront.
翻译：这是奥马哈海滩 Pointe-du-Hoc 一端的二战纪念碑群中规模最大、最显眼的一座。
与其他纪念碑不同，这座纪念碑并非只与二战有关。它代表了组成美国国民警卫队并在第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战期间在欧洲作战的志愿平民士兵。
您在这里看到的是一座坚固的 U 形结构。它坐落在二战德国碉堡的顶部，碉堡内装有可怕的 88 毫米大炮（一种致命的精确防空和坦克炮）。它标志着第 29 国民警卫队师在 1944 年 6 月 6 日 D 日成功突破德国防御的地点。
在内侧三面墙上，都有铭文描述国民警卫队在第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战中发挥的作用。这些铭文很容易阅读，因为您可以在 U 形内行走。
外墙上的铭文更难阅读。每面外墙上都刻有三位盟军领导人之一的励志名言——罗斯福、丘吉尔和戴高乐。
美国领导人罗斯福的名言是：“我们生来就是自由的，我们信仰自由，我们愿意为维护自由而战。我们和所有像我们一样深信自由的人，宁愿站着死，也不愿跪着生。”
为了更好地了解士兵们在诺曼底登陆时所面临的情况，我们爬上了国民警卫队纪念碑旁边的陡坡，朝着露营地走去。半山腰上有一个德国碉堡，从最高处，我们可以回头俯瞰海滩。当他们登陆海滩时，看到他们暴露在外的程度之深，真是令人震惊。
与其他纪念碑不同，这座纪念碑并非只与二战有关。它代表了组成美国国民警卫队并在第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战期间在欧洲作战的志愿平民士兵。
您在这里看到的是一座坚固的 U 形结构。它坐落在二战德国碉堡的顶部，碉堡内装有可怕的 88 毫米大炮（一种致命的精确防空和坦克炮）。它标志着第 29 国民警卫队师在 1944 年 6 月 6 日 D 日成功突破德国防御的地点。
在内侧三面墙上，都有铭文描述国民警卫队在第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战中发挥的作用。这些铭文很容易阅读，因为您可以在 U 形内行走。
外墙上的铭文更难阅读。每面外墙上都刻有三位盟军领导人之一的励志名言——罗斯福、丘吉尔和戴高乐。
美国领导人罗斯福的名言是：“我们生来就是自由的，我们信仰自由，我们愿意为维护自由而战。我们和所有像我们一样深信自由的人，宁愿站着死，也不愿跪着生。”
为了更好地了解士兵们在诺曼底登陆时所面临的情况，我们爬上了国民警卫队纪念碑旁边的陡坡，朝着露营地走去。半山腰上有一个德国碉堡，从最高处，我们可以回头俯瞰海滩。当他们登陆海滩时，看到他们暴露在外的程度之深，真是令人震惊。
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