La Fiére Memorial Park
La Fiére Memorial Park is dedicated to the American Airborne Troops who lost there lives in the area and is located over looking the Merderet River and the causeway. It was essential that the causeway was captured to prevent German reinforcements coming from the south and to allow troops landing at Utah Beach to progress further inland.
La Fiére Memorial Park contains Iron Mike Airborne Memorial 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.
The other side of the causeway is the hamlet of Cauquigny where much of the fighting took place, the Cauquigny chapel was badly damaged and later repaired but bullet holes and battle damaged can still be seen.
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| Longitude: | -1.363667 |
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| Latitude: | 49.401011 |
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Iron Mike Airborne Memorial
0.02 miles awayThe 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.
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General Gavin’s Foxhole
0.08 miles awayA shallow foxhole on the La Fiére road (D15) about 150 meters east of the bridge surrounded by a white chain cordon although attributed to General Gavin who fought in the immediate vicinity it has not been authenticated that this was his particular foxhole.
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Le Fiere 325th Glider Infantry Regiment Memorial
0.32 miles awayA memorial to the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment who served in Normandy, located at the western end of the La Fiere causeway near the hamlet of Cauquigny.
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