THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009
GOURBESVILLE - HATTRICK / LEWELLEN PANEL UNVEILED |
No Peeking
The commemorative panel was masked by cardboard before the ceremony |
Flag Draped Panel
awaits dedication and unveiling |
Joint Memorial
90th Infantry and 82nd Airborne Divisions in Gourbesville square
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300 War Dead
of the two Divisions who died in Gourbesville, June 1944 are
memorialized |
Flags In The Breeze
the U.S. and French national flags flank the 90th ID and 82nd
Airborne |
Community Banners
for various towns of the area were seen |
Mayors of Multiple Municipalities
were in attendance |
 DEDICATION
SPEECH
[l-r] randy Lewellen, Dion
Murphy (son of Bob Murphy, 505th), General Miller, And Rodolphe Roger |
Ernie Lamson (A Co)
was one of the veterans brought forward |
Memorial wreath
was placed by Randy Lewellen and local dignitaries |
Large Crowd
joined in observation. Barbara Gavin was there too (front row, red
shirt) |
U.S., MILITARY BAND
played French and U.S. National anthems, amongst other tunes |
TAPS RENDERED
beautifully |
82nd Salute
rendered by a number of troops |
 Ernie
Lamson
saluted as well |
 Ray
Wilson
B Co was one of those in attendance |
Commemorative Panel
entitled "The Battle of Gourbesville, 6-15 June 1944 |
 Hattrick
and Lewellen
are pictured as well as the hand drawn map of the area that had
enabled R.B. Lewellen to recognize where he landed |
Randy Lewellen and Dick O'Donnell
pose at the joint memorial |
Lewellen Family Friends
were in France and drove down to attend both ceremonies |
Center of Attention
Barbara Gavin greets Booby Feuillye and others
while Jan Silver (partially obscured by upraised hand) points something
out to Dick O'Donnell |
One Vet To Another
Gordon Smith
(l, 507th) is greeted by Ernie Lamson (c, 508th) and Howard Hubner (r,
507th) |
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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. Individual credits have not been
given. |
