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bilboburgler Jul 19th, 2014 06:23 AM

I'd go on to St Mere Eglise, the museum there covers the glider attack on the peninsula (the longest day) and shows what happened other than just the sea landing.

PalenQ Jul 19th, 2014 08:36 AM

Stained-glass church windows in St-Mere-Eglise shows depict the American paratrooper that famously got stuck on the church steeple and was left dangling for a while and the paratrooper who came down in the German-held village. Yes nice small town with a nice museum - a bit inland. May have been the first village or town liberated after D-Day.

Gretchen Jul 19th, 2014 09:08 AM

Yes, we also enjoyed St. Mere Eglise since my home town in Ohio is where the gliders were built. Amazing to see what they were--plywood and canvas "planes".
And we liked Pegasus Bridge on the way to Bayeux. It was an awesome invasion.

PalenQ Jul 20th, 2014 08:04 AM

https://www.google.com/search?q=st-,...w=1455&bih=977

shows pictures of modern stained-glass windows depicting American paratroopers, one of the bolke left dangling on the bell tower!

bilboburgler Jul 20th, 2014 09:55 AM

First village liberated by the Americans.

PalenQ Jul 21st, 2014 11:48 AM

First village liberated by the Americans.>

Yanks should still get a warm welcome in this French town!


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