Spent three years at SHAPE, and tried to get down to the Somme as much as possible (but you can never spend enough time in such a historically-rich area). I am glad I had the opportunity to take my sons there to show them the battlefields firsthand, it gave them (and myself) a much better understanding of what it may have been like although it will never replicate the horrors those heroes endured.
Our freedom today is a direct result of the sacrifices of these brave souls...