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Sainte-Mère-Église

d. 1944

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Photograph at the Sainte-Mère-Église war memorial

First village in France liberated on D-Day, by paratroopers of the US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in the early hours of 6 June 1944. The Airborne Museum stands on the square where Private John Steele's parachute caught on the church tower.

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  • Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) - never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

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