Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE - NORMANDY - MANCHE (50) - SAINTE MERE EGLISE: SITE 6: SAINTE MERE EGLISE. ON JUNE 5, 1944 AT 11 P.M., THE AMERICAN ALLIED FORCES PARACHUTED ABOVE SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE DURING OPERATION OVERLORD. 15,000 MEN WERE DROPPED ON THE VILLAGE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS, MAINLY FROM THE US 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS PARATROOPERS FROM THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION DUE TO DROP ERRORS. THE GERMANS SHOOT AT THE PARATROOPERS WHO FALL TO THE GROUND. JOHN STEELE, ONE OF THEM, WAS HIT IN THE FOOT BY A BULLET, COULD NOT CONTROL HIS PARACHUTE AND FINALLY LANDED ON THE CHURCH TOWER AROUND 4:00 A.M. HE TRIED TO FREE HIMSELF FROM HIS PARACHUTE WHILE IN THE SQUARE, ALL AROUND THE CHURCH, THE BATTLE RAGED. HE THEN DECIDED TO PLAY DEAD IN ORDER TO AVOID SERVING AS A TARGET FOR THE ENEMY. AFTER MORE THAN TWO HOURS, A GERMAN SOLDIER CAME TO TAKE IT DOWN. STEELE WAS TREATED AND TAKEN PRISONER, ESCAPED THREE DAYS LATER, REJOINED ALLIED LINES AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND. SINCE THEN, A MANNEQUIN HAS HUNG ON TH

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