WarSaving Private RyanThe Iliad At the American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer Yesterday Philippe and I drove from Paris to the D-Day beaches in Normandy, with our sons. My oldest, Matthew, who is 13, watched “Saving Private Ryan” the night before, and loved it. We arrived first in Arromanches, the town on Gold Beach off the coast of which the Allies set up an artificial harbor that was utterly critical to the success of the Normandy invasion. I had no idea. The engineering it took to create this thing is heart-stopping to contemplate. We parked the car and watched the younger boys — Leon, 10, and Lucas, 8 — scamper through the village playing soldier, so innocently. Being children, all they can imagine is the glorious adventure of being soldiers. After lunch...
