Iron Mike Airborne Memorial
The Airborne Trooper Statue is a tribute to the American Airborne Soldiers of D-Day. The monument is located next to the Bridge in La Fiere where on the 6th-9th of June members of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and 325th Glider Regiment fought against repeated German attacks to hold the bridge.
The base of the statue contains the inscription
“A grateful tribute
to American Airborne soldiers
of D-Day
6 June 1944 to 7 June 1997”
The monument is a replica of the "Iron Mike" statue located in Fort Bragg. The original was sculpted by Leah Hiebert in 1960-1961 modelled on Sgt. Major Runyon.
Also on the site is a bronze table orientation table shaped as a folded parachute and a bronze book of remembrance.
“To pass on the memory,
to remind that today
We live in peace,
Freedom, dignity and
Because others
gave their life for us“
