We visited earlier this month. The Utah Beach landing area was the western-most landing area, near the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. It is sandy and slightly North of coastal salt marsh and mud. A minor road runs parallel North - South to the sea and the ground inland has four roads running off that coast road inland, roughly East - West. The village of Sainte Marie Du Mont is 2 - 3 miles inland on higher ground and was fought for by US paratroopers. The low lying ground either side of the four roads that run inland was flooded at the time of the Allied invasion. The more famous small town of Sainte Mere Eglise is a few miles Northwest - slightly more inland - of St Marie Du Mont. Away from the immediate area behind the dunes the fields are small and of the bocage type. A number of minor roads are named after fallen servicemen. The spire of the church in Ste Marie Du Mont can be seen on the horizon slightly left of the post in the centre of the last photo.
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