Kokomo Students Go Abroad

Standing on cliff tops nearly 200 feet high, looking straight down to Omaha Beach and the English Channel gives a perspective on the bravery of American soldiers invading on D-Day. Nearly seventy-two years after Allied troops began the assault that freed Europe from Nazi rule, 14 Indiana University Kokomo students personally experienced the importance of that pivotal World War II event. The students spent 14 days in four countries this spring visiting places significant to World War II in Berlin, Amsterdam, Bayeux, Normandy, and London. English, assisted by Sarah Heath, associate professor of history. The class focused not only on the military side, but also on contributions by and impact on everyday people.