Jeeping the Normandy Beaches in a TJ

autotraveler · 06-05-2009, 09:23 PM

With the 65th anniversary of D-Day tomorrow, I've just posted a blog on my 2001 tour of the Normandy Beaches in a TJ. The blog has lots of photos and is the first in a three part feature that will follow the trail of Patton's 3rd army across France in 1944, all the way to Bastogne. If you like the story I hope that you'll leave your comments and circulate the URL to other Wrangler websites and forums you subscribe to.

Rich Truesdell

**ccain** · 06-05-2009, 10:58 PM

Wow, just wow! Great blog! I'm envious of your adventure... A just and fitting tribute to the ones who gave their lives in the name of freedom. And to all those who helped restore liberty to the peoples of France through whose actions paved the way for victory in Europe and secure the defeat of the Nazis! Thank you!

autotraveler · 06-07-2009, 12:16 PM

CCain,

Thanks for the comment. In my line of work, so much of what I do follows a strict formula 1,000 words, 12 photos equals a photo feature and ultimately a paycheck. With this I tried to stretch a bit and write something from the heart, that ultimately would have some meaning. Your comment let me know that I succeeded.

I hope you went into the attached image gallery and took a look at some of the images. I think you will enjoy parts two and three, coming in August and December.

Richard Truesdell
Editorial Director, Automotive Traveler

bmanrkg3 · 06-10-2009, 05:51 AM

to think, they had jeeps on the beaches then, and now!

06-05-2009, 09:23 PM	#1
autotraveler Newb Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2	Jeeping the Normandy Beaches in a TJ With the 65th anniversary of D-Day tomorrow, I've just posted a blog on my 2001 tour of the Normandy Beaches in a TJ. The blog has lots of photos and is the first in a three part feature that will follow the trail of Patton's 3rd army across France in 1944, all the way to Bastogne. If you like the story I hope that you'll leave your comments and circulate the URL to other Wrangler websites and forums you subscribe to. Rich Truesdell

06-05-2009, 10:58 PM	#2
ccain Taste the milky power! WF Lifetime Member ::WF Moderator:: Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Calcium City, Milkquarious Posts: 5,303	Wow, just wow! Great blog! I'm envious of your adventure... A just and fitting tribute to the ones who gave their lives in the name of freedom. And to all those who helped restore liberty to the peoples of France through whose actions paved the way for victory in Europe and secure the defeat of the Nazis! Thank you! __________________ Old age and treachery will beat youth and enthusiasm any day.

06-10-2009, 05:51 AM	#4
bmanrkg3 Jeeper Join Date: May 2006 Location: 20 minutes from everywhere in cape may county,NJ Posts: 256	to think, they had jeeps on the beaches then, and now! __________________ I am the anti chrome.

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06-07-2009, 12:16 PM	#3
autotraveler Newb Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2	CCain, Thanks for the comment. In my line of work, so much of what I do follows a strict formula 1,000 words, 12 photos equals a photo feature and ultimately a paycheck. With this I tried to stretch a bit and write something from the heart, that ultimately would have some meaning. Your comment let me know that I succeeded. I hope you went into the attached image gallery and took a look at some of the images. I think you will enjoy parts two and three, coming in August and December. Richard Truesdell Editorial Director, Automotive Traveler