What lies beneath Omaha Beach: Microscopic WWII shrapnel found in sand reveals the land still carries the memory of war | World News
For most visitors, Omaha Beach appears much as any broad stretch of northern European coastline might. The tide advances and retreats, families wander across the sand, and the horizon seems distant and quiet. History is present, certainly, but it tends to exist in visible forms: memorials, museums, rows of graves, and carefully preserved photographs. The…