Omaha beach WN62

[krokit1]

Hi there

This is my first post on this most excellent forum and I'd like to say a big hello to all the members.
I went to Omaha beach for the first time in June this year and it was facinating as well as being very humbling. On the beach at WN62 there are two big lumps of concrete. Does anybody know what these are/were? Could one of them be the spot where Severloh (The beast of Omamha) shot the soldier in the forehead with his rifle? Also, when the survivors talk about the shingle sea wall, how high was it in 1944 compared with today.

Many thanks

David

[Ostmark]

The two lumps where a foundament of a flint mill. It was used to crash stones for bulding the bunkers. Before the seawall there where rails for transporting the crashed stones. Hein used to fire also a short burst just on the rails,
to make the intruders hiding away for the next 10 min ...

[Ostmark]

I was in Normandie this year and my tourguide was Mr.Keusgen
the man who has found Mr.Serverloh and wrote the book They became very good friends.

So you can imagine that this was the best Normadie battlefield tour you can have in your live. It was not like this here is a bunker and here is gun position blalala ...

[Ostmark]

Heins MG42 position ... it was planed short after the amis had taken WN62 by tanks

[Ostmark]

Pic from the beach to WN62 as the amis could see it from their landing vehicles

[Ostmark]

Seawall where the soldiers could get some cover i guess should be the same size like 1944

[Woolgar]

These are haunting photos! I am going over next year and cant wait!

Nick

[krokit1]

Hey Ostmark thanks for the info, thats very interesting. Having Mr.Keusgen as your tourguide must have been amazing, wow, I wish I was there! Great pics also, thanks. Do you think its possible that the soldier was beind one of these stones? I have some pics of WN62 that Id like to upload but cant work out how to do it?? Do I have to have permission from the moderator first?

Thanks again.

[Ostmark]

You have to became association member to upload pics via the forum
directly, or you use imageshack and link the URL

PS:
Did you read the book from Mr.Keusgen ?

[krokit1]

Thanks ostmark. No I havn't read that book but Im sure its very interesting, Ill have to put it on my list!

Ok, Im gonna try and link to some of my pics hopefully!

Here's a video I took on WN62 which Im sure is very close to Heins MG42 position??

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And some pics:

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[peleliuexplorer]

NIce pics, what kind of camera were you using?

Thanks, Eric

[Jürg]

Heins MG42 position ... it was planed short after the amis had taken WN62 by tanks

This is entry to the observation bunker of the 352nd Regiments and was manned by OberleutnantFrerking and Leutnant Grass. Frerking dies on June 6 1944 and is buried at La Cambe. Severlosh position was next to the observation bunker.

[Jürg]

Severlohs position was near the tree on the photo.

[Jürg]

This is the view Frerking had while on poste during the landing. He was killed in his obser-vation bunker while giving order to his 1st Battery with 4 105mm howitzers, which was set 4 Km back in Houtteville

[Jürg]

Frerking dies on June 6 1944 and is buried at La Cambe