SUNDAY MAY 32, 2009
BOOK SIGNING, SAINTE MERE EGLISE AT HOTEL DE VILLE (TOWN HALL) |
City Hall
was the site of a book signing event |
Shopping Again
Sophia van den Bogert browsing the many author offerings |
But Not Alone
buyers from many nations took advantage of the opportunity |
Dominique Francois and
Dick O’Donnell meet for first time after years of corresponding |
Allain Pardou
signs copies of his books in advance of sales |
Giles Bre
discusses his book "Un Pont En Normandie" with
Emil Lapierre (at
left) and Vivian Roger |
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 Bronze
Statuette
honoring all G.I.'s was but one of many pieces of memorabilia on
display in the city hall |
48 Stars!
American flag authentic to period of D-Day |
Display Case
contains many interesting items |
C-47 Over SME
was used as the design for this year's commemorative coin |
Sainte Mere Eglise
church dominates the background as these
troopers prepare to move on |
60th Anniversary
trench knife |
101st Memorial
shows items from England through Bastogne |
82nd Airborne
plaque awarded by citizens of Sainte Mere Eglise for the battle of
the bridge at La Fiere |
40th Anniversary
plaque donated by the 101st Airborne Division |
Pondering Plans
[l-r] Vivian Roger, Dick O'Donnell, Randy Lewellen and Rodolphe Roger
deliberate where to go next |
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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-Polley. Individual credits have not been
given. |
