A monument to the liberation of Sainte-Mère-Eglise by the 82nd and 101st Divisions.
5TH 6TH JUNE 1944. THE
82ND AND 101ST DIV.
U.S.A. OF PARATROOPS
LIBERATE THE DISTRICT
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A monument to the Allied Airborne units who took part in Operation Overlord in June 1944.
Read moreA memorial to Alexandre Renaud, the former major of Saint-Mere-Eglise when the Allies landed in WW2.
Read moreThe church at Sainte-Mère-Église were on the night of June 5th-6th paratrooper John Steele hung from the church steeple for two hours after his parachute caught when the 82nd airborne division was mistakenly dropped onto the town
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