I walked in the footsteps of WW2 hero soldiers on French beaches ahead of VE-Day memorial

THE wind swirls sand around my boots and gulls bounce overhead as I read the 47 Royal Marine Commando Memorial at the viewpoint in Port-en-Bessin, the site of a daring raid following D-Day. It’s the end of my second day on a self-guided walking route along the D-Day beaches with Inntravel. AlamyThe route took me from beach to clifftop and back again, through quiet villages to the sobering Normandy American Cemetery, where 9,000 US soldiers are buried[/caption] GettyThe walk takes in Utah,