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Ste.Mere Eglise

by Clive & Lois Edwards

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On 6th June 1944 US Airborne troops parachuted into the centre of the village, and most were shot down before they could land – commemorated today by a dummy parachutist hanging from the church tower

copyright ©2008 Clive & Lois Edwards / www.bbacksometime.com

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