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JUNE  2009
NORMANDY - STE MERE EGLISE (3 of 6)

Silent Sentinel
a U.S. vehicle has a machinegun with ammo belt, ready to go


Media Center
was set up at the Office of Tourism

Live Broadcast
'France bleu - Cotentin' provides area listeners with activity descriptions

Shop Fronts
such as Le Fournil, a bakery at 24, Rue Général de Gaulle festooned their facade with flags
 

Shop Windows
display all sorts of memorabilia as a way to say 'Merci"

Wall Display
of flag designs were also used

Hat Patch
as used on overseas caps of parachutist and glidermen was also a frequent display item


Parking Problem
forces many to hike into town .. but that's the way the ground forces got there in 1944 anyway!

 
       
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.

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