Most Impressive Bunker In Normandy, and Site where Lt. Preston Niland (fictionalized to “Ryan” in the movie) was KIA.
Musée Poste De Commandement Des Batteries De Crisbecq的点评
点评:This small, off-the-beaten-path bunker is one of the most powerful sites we’ve visited on our three trips to the Normandy Beaches - and we return on each visit.
Cedric has excavated this bunker and filled it with original German gear he has discovered both on-site or close by over the years.
As you walk through the cramped space of the bunker, you feel the intensity of both the German soldiers living in the bunker, and of the lines of fire they saw as they rained shells down upon the invading US Naval ships l, and troops landing on the beaches.
Then, there’s the small white cross marking the site where Lt. Preston was temporarily buried, just where he died assaulting the bunker on June 7th.
His brother Bob had died the day before (June 6th) on the beaches, and another brother had gone missing 3 weeks earlier in Burma after bailing out of a B-25 and was presumed KIA.
And so, after Preston Niland was killed here, the War Department began searching for Fritz Niland, the 4th Niland brother, who had landed in Normandy with the Airborne the night of June 5/6 - and the story of “Saving Private Ryan” was born.
This site is a MUST-SEE in Normandy.
翻译:这个偏僻的小碉堡是我们三次诺曼底海滩之旅中参观过的最震撼的地点之一——每次我们都会重返这里。
塞德里克挖掘了这个碉堡,并用他多年来在现场或附近发现的德军原装备将其填满。
当你穿过狭窄的碉堡空间时,你会感受到曾经居住在碉堡里的德军士兵的紧张氛围,以及他们当年炮火如雨般倾泻在入侵的美国海军舰艇和登陆海滩的美军部队身上的景象。
此外,还有一个白色的小十字架,标志着普雷斯顿中尉的临时埋葬地,他于6月7日在进攻碉堡时牺牲于此。
他的兄弟鲍勃在前一天(6月6日)在海滩上阵亡,而他的另一个兄弟在三周前从B-25轰炸机跳伞后在缅甸失踪,被推定阵亡。
于是,在普雷斯顿·尼兰德在此地阵亡后,美国陆军部开始搜寻尼兰德家的第四兄弟弗里茨·尼兰德。弗里茨于6月5/6日夜间随空降部队登陆诺曼底——《拯救大兵瑞恩》的故事由此诞生。
这里是诺曼底之旅的必游之地。