
Airborne Operations on D-Day
Ste-Mère-Eglise

the town

souvenirs of D-Day available

town square

monument to the paratroopers

mayor and historian

the church

where the parachutist became entangled
a man named John Steele
The Church

the altar

stain glass window commemorating the parachutist

the liberators from the sky


101st Airborne

General James Gavin

street named in his honor

one of the gliders used to land troops

tow rope and the cockpit

another view of the glider

the soldiers inside

a Jeep

C 47, a tow plane

engine of the C 47

artillery

American battle tank