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13th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Omaha Beach, Normandy

Visiting the WWII site was a somber experience. All original artifacts and bomb craters are left as they were at the end of the war. The barbed wire and pill boxes seemed out of place on this sunny day and the dichotomy inspired me.

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Date Taken: 06.2015
Date Uploaded: 07.2015
Photo Location: Normandy , France
Copyright: © Rachel Polvadore