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Remembering Paratrooper Landing on the Church in France

avatar   Scott

Posted On 10/21/2020 09:18:58

France | Paratrooper Mannequin | Sainte-Mère-Église | Church | Steeple | D-Day | Normandy



Remembering Paratrooper Landing on the Church in France


    

While traveling in Northern France, we visited the beaches of Normandy and Sainte-Mère-Église Church. It was at this church where an American paratrooper got stuck on the steeple during the Normandy invasion. Today, there is a paratrooper mannequin hanging on the church as a reminder of that unusual occurrence. This now famous situation was also depicted in the 1962 movie "The Longest Day".

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Have you seen the movie "The Longest Day"?

I remember watching the movie as a child, but learned so much more about the day on our 2016 D-Day Tour in Normandy. Our Normandy Spearhead tour guide met us at the dock in Le Havre and helped our small group understand more about the events of D-Day. We visited a number of sites including the Normandy beaches, the American Cemetery and Sainte-Mère-Église. Having a history lesson in the actual places where events occurred is very powerful!

What movies have you watched that inspired you to make a visit to a certain destination?

#WordyExplorers #paratroopers #normandy #france #Dday #rtw #travel #trlt











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