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2. Visit the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. History buff or not, a visit to the D-Day beaches is definitely worth your time if you find yourself on the coast. For those who had family fight WWII, the memorial honors American soldiers who died in Europe during WWII.. Visit Mont Saint-Michel. The towering turrets of the abbey at Mont Saint-Michel are one of the most iconic images of France. The village and monastery is built on a rocky outcrop in the middle of a tidal flat and connected to the mainland by a causeway.
Scroll down to see a clip of Saving Private Ryan, showing the D-Day landing. 1  D-Day veteran Walter Ehlers is shown sitting in a cannon bunker overlooking Omaha Beach in Normandy, France in 1994 - 50 years after the D-Day landings. Ehlers's medal of honour, awarded for his actions during World War II, is shown in his home in Buena Park, California (left).