A memorial to the 101 Airborne Division Pathfinders who landed in the area of Saint-Germain-de-Varreville on the 6th June 1944.
On June 6, 1944 at 0.16 AM,
the 101st Airborne Division Pathfinders
were the first paratroopers
to jump here in name of Liberty
Address
Vierge de l'Église
Saint-Germain-de-Varreville, Manche
50480
France
Coordinates
49.437654, -1.256728
Parking
Continental Central Enclosure No19 was created within the communes of Fourcarville and Ravenoville under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Kennedy. The camp was originally designed to house 20,000 but was enlarged to house 40,000 including 218 Generals and 6 Admirals.
A memorial in memory of the 439th Troop Carrier, 91st Squadron and the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne 506th parachute Infantry Regiment, E Company who lost their lives when the C-47 they were travelling in was hit by German Flak.
A monument to General Leclerc’s 2nd Armored Division of the Free French Army who landed on this stretch of Utah beach on the 1st August 1944 Next to the monument is a Sherman tank and a long the beach many of the original bunkers and fortifications
