"To pass on the memory, to remind that today, we live
in peace, freedom and dignity, because others gave their lives for us" |
508th PIR
"THIS
PLAQUE IS IN HONOR OF THE 336 BRAVE MEN WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION DURING
THE INVASION OF NORMANDY AND ALSO IN HONOR OF THE 825 OTHER MEN WHO
WERE WOUNDED, INJURED OR MISSING DURING THIS CAMPAIGN" |
505th PIR
"IN HONOR OF THE 144 VALIANT MEN OF COMPANY A, 505TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY
REGIMENT WHOSE EXACT D-DAY MISSION WAS TO SEIZE LA FIERE BRIDGE AND
PREVENT THE ENEMY CROSSING EASTERLY. DESPITE HEAVY LOSSES, CO A STOOD
FAST. NO ARMED ENEMY EVER CROSSED THIS BRIDGE.
NEVER FORGET THEM. |
525th GIR
"THIS PLAQUE IS IN HONOR OF THE 280 BRAVE MEN WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION
DURING THE INVASION OF NORMANDY AND ALSO IN HONOR OF THE 714 OTHER MEN
WHO WERE WOUNDED, INJURED OR MISSING DURING THIS CAMPAIGN
MAY THEIR MEMORY LIVE FOREVER” |
80th Abn, AA Bn
"BEFORE DAWN OF D-DAY THE 80TH AA BN LANDED BY GLIDE NEAR Ste
MERE EGLISE.
THUS BEGAN THE LONG JOURNEY TO LIBERATE THE COUNTIES OF EUROPE AND TO
ENSURE THEIR FREEDOM.
THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF OUR FRIENDS WHO SHED THEIR BLOOD
AND SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING THIS MIGHTY ENDEAVOR
MAY THEY NEVER BE FORGOTTEN |
"EVERYBODY WHO FALLEN IN THE BATTLEFIELD, THE HUNGARIAN NATION NEVER
FORGET. HUNGARIAN RESERVE ASSOCIATION, VIRO PADANYI MARTON ROMAN
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL" |
Remembrance Crosses
with handwritten inscriptions |
 82nd
Order of Battle
lists many, but not all, Generals, Regimental, Battalion and Company
Commanders. |
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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. |
