A popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts.
Yonah Mountain, commonly referred to as “Mount Yonah” or, by older Georgians, “Yonah Bald” located in the northeastern part of Georgia, is a prominent peak in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Rising to an elevation of 3,166 feet,
Normandy’s best kept secret
I was watching “Expedition Unknown” on the Discovery channel Season 8, Episode 1 when I learned about Maisy Battery. I posted about it then and you can read that one here. I was anxious to get this book and was not disappointed. A British military historian and author, Gary Sterne found Maisy Battery after locating a hand-drawn map in a US Army veteran’s uniform he had purchased. He is a keen collector of militaria and was a co-founder of “The Armourer and Skirmish Magazines“.
Energetically will I meet the enemies of my country. I shall defeat them on the field of battle for I am better trained and will fight with all my might. Surrender is not a Ranger word. I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy and under no circumstances will I ever embarrass my country.
There were five landing sites for the allied troupes on D-Day, Tuesday, June 6, 1944. The Normandy Beach landing sites were Tanks, Utah Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach, Gold Beach, Juno Beach, and Sword Beach. The German army fortified area at Pointe du Hoc was the highest point between the American sector landings at Utah Beach to the west and Omaha Beach to the east and the US Rangers’ target. They scaled the cliff using ropes, ladders and grapples while under heavy enemy fire.
