THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009
AMFREVILLE - 507th
MEMORIAL CEREMONY |
Smile, You're On TV
veterans "captured" on video as they arrive |
Crowd Gathers
as veterans, townspeople and visitors pack the area |
508ers
[l-r] Ernie Lamson (Co A) and Ray Wilson (Co B) |
Chet Graham
(Hq 2nd) was there as well |
Jim Porcella
(row 2, black hat) attended Normandy ceremonies in his father's
stead |
Howard Hubner
(507th) |
Gordon Smith
(507th) |
Bob Bearden
(507th) |
Sea of Faces
as a few hundred people attended |
A Special Gift
podium from the 1st Bn, 507th includes a commemorative plaque as
well as a static line and clip |
General Miller
wit the monument at his back, addresses the gathering |
Local Dignitaries
Daniel Briard (tan suit) stands next to Marc Lefevre (mayor, Ste
Mere Eglise) and Maurice Gidon (mayor, Gourbesville) |
Brass Band
U.S. military provided the martial music |
Reflections
were not just in the minds of attendees that day |
101st Airborne
paid their respects |
German Military
were present as well |
White Doves
were released at the ceremony conclusion |
Fly Over
of doves was met with applause |
|
All Normandy 'D-Day Plus 65' trip photos are a
multi-national mixture of work
by Hervé Argoud, Hans DeBree, Gene Garren, Fred Hoek, Herbert
Lahout, Randy Lewellen, Cyndi Mathews, Bill Nation, Dick O'Donnell,
Dominique Potier, Vivian Roger, Zane Schlemmer, Donald van den Bogert and Nelly
van Loo. Individual credits have not been
given. |
