Pegasus Bridge
I went to Pegasus Bridge last year - one week before the D-Day anniversary. They have an outstanding museum there where I spent most of the afternoon. Above the display cases are original letters written by the men that participated in the attack, often followed by a letter that started "Dear Mrs Smith, it is with regeret that...". Mrs CS was amazed to see that my ususal stoicism (sic), had completely fled - and I had to take a breather outside.
Along with the massed glider landings that followed, these extraordinary men (light infantry) held the local ridge/hills against everything that was thrown at them from the German Divisions to the east as the allies consolidated the beaches. This was then used as a hub as the allies moved around them and advanced west. Exceptional men in extraordinary times.
However I digress - if you should ever be in that area of France it is a fascinating place to visit