Ste, Sauveru le Vicomte, the village has been heavily damaged

Bombed Church, Ste, Sauveur le Vicomte

"In Memory of The Youth of St. Sauveur Vicomte Who Died For France - 1918"
Captain Nation undoubtedly saw this WW-I memorial tablet (in the churchyard shown at left) as being prophetic given the circumstance that brought him to the village..

Château de Francquetot was in use by the Germans on D-Day but became an Allied forces possession soon thereafter.  In this photo it seems unscfathed.

Graves of American Paratroopers  at Château de Francquetot with temporary markers.  These men would have been later relocated to an official temporary cemetery such as the one at Blosville.