A Passion for Studying the Battle of Normandy

Gary Waitzman is a passionate student of World War II’s Normandy Invasion and has been since early childhood. His passion started when his grandmother took him to see a movie entitled “The Longest Day” playing at a Chicago theater.

Gary oozes with his admiration for the commitment, determination, belief as well as love displayed by our armed forces who sacrificed dearly in accomplishing their mission to defeat tyranny and also bring an end to the holocaust in Europe.

Waitzman visited Normandy during his first trip to Europe in 2007. He then realized how little he actually knew about code name Operation Overlord and Operation Neptune, the code name for the initial invasion. Gary continued his studies and education.  

He states in this video: “And what I want to do is I want to, want to share with them the fact that, that the invasion of Normandy was just the the very start, it was actually a two month long battle. And there were many key situations on both sides that could have turned it either way."

Waitzman plans to visit Normandy twice this year. This September, he leads a tour of other like-interested people and plans to explore Normandy sites. He will also share many key historical facts that actually did, or could have turned the tides of battle.

Gary Waitzman is an Estate Planning Attorney and CPA practicing in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Visit his website 

This is the first in a series of video interviews with Gary on the subject of the Battle of Normandy. For more interesting stories, as well as a series of featured articles about growing up in the Chicago area, please visit the Jewish Melting Pot Web site.

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