Hancock Field Memorial Carantan

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11 JUIN 1944

C'EST D'ICI
QUE PARTIT D'UN
"CARRE DE CHOUX"
L'ASSAUT DECISIF
DU 502eme AIRBORNE
BOUSCULANT LES ALLEMANDS
IL PERMIT LA LIBERATION
DE CARENTAN

HANCOCK FIELD
Champ de Hancock
CPT. FRED A. HANCOCK
C-1/502 PIR - 6 JUNE 1944

Which translates to

JUNE 11, 1944

IT'S HERE
That part of a
"SQUARE OF CHOUX"
THE DECISIVE ASSAULT
502nd AIRBORNE
PUSHING THROUGH THE GERMANS
IT ALLOWS RELEASE
OF CARENTAN

HANCOCK FIELD
Champ de Hancock
CPT. FRED A. HANCOCK
C-1/502 PIR - JUNE 6, 1944

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Longitude:	-1.25669
Latitude:	49.311062

Longitude:

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49.311062

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