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