British veteran Eric Rackham offers his medals to the museum

Born in London on May 22, 1925, Eric L. J. Rackham had voluntarily joined the British army at the age of eighteen. According to the story of this cut, he was off the coast of Arromanches on June 6, 1944, landed there the next day and stayed there for about five weeks. Dukw driver, he transported equipment during the construction of the artificial port.

One Tuesday, accompanied by veteran Edwin Jeffery and Tenno Dogger, president of the Deep Respect association, he came to offer four decorations at the D-Day Omaha museum: France and Germany Star, 1939–1945 Star, Defence Medal and War Medal 1939–1945. In the absence of the owner Michel Brissard, Marie-Christine Costy, manager of the museum and president of the association Les Passerelles d'Omaha, officially received them.

The veteran acknowledged that his career could have led him to give them instead to a museum in the Gold Beach area, such as Arromanches. However, he had chosen Omaha, where his annual stays had allowed him to establish privileged relationships with residents, museum actors and reconstitution associations.

The legend identifies, from right to left, Tenno Dogger, Eric Rackham, Marie-Christine Costy and Edwin Jeffery. The information of the time located the Grandcamp route museum in Vierville-sur-Mer, at 02 31 21 71 80, with an opening from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Reconstructed or uncertain passages:
- The denomination does not have a visible printed date; July 2012 comes from the file name.
- The name is printed "Rackhman" at the beginning of the article and "Rackham" in the caption; the second spelling is retained, without being able to definitively resolve this divergence.
- The dates of the military journey and the length of service in Arromanches are those reported by the article.

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