Others are posing on the porch of an officer’s house and in front of the blockhouse, which are still on the property.

The old launch-pad blockhouses there had a single restroom - for men.

The old launch-pad blockhouses there had a single restroom — for men.

From the trenches and blockhouses they poured a deadly fire across the bloody beach called Omaha.

Behind the thick walls were cases of ammunition, Behind the blockhouse the gun crew had tunneled into the side of the hill and installed living quarters.