FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2009
PICAUVILLE CEREMONY (1 of 2) |
 Picauville
Church
seen from the south has a WW-I monument |
East Face
towers over the crowd |
Bell Tower
provides vantage point for event air traffic control |
C-130 Aircraft
come roaring i from the north |
Tight Pass
enabled a good profile for onlookers |
Leaving Town
the C-130 Hercules looks good even from the rear |
C-47 Monument
has a beautiful scale model |
Memorial Base
relates death of aircrew who died in D-Day crash |
Aircraft Engine
recovered from crash site is on display |
Hundreds Gathered
to pay respects and participate in memorial |
American Air Force
were amongst multi-national military present |
French Police
sent an honor guard |
British Vets
were on hand too |
French Navy
from Cherbourg base |
Julius Eisner (505th)
signing an autograph |
Sisters and WW-II Nurses
Dorothy Sinner and Ellen Orkan
revisit their past |
Vive La Americain
young lady appears in patriotic dress |
Red Cross Girl
re-enactor walks with man dressed as 101st officer |
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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. |
