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Sainte Mere Eglise, 6 June 1944 - Related Files

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	Sainte Mere Eglise - Operation Detroit, 6 June 1944 During World War II, Operation Detroit was the insertion, by parachute and glider, of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division into Normandy on the night of 5–6 June 1944 as part of Operation Overlord. The drop zone for the 82nd Airborne was around Sainte-Mère-Église, to the west of Utah beach, intending to protect the western flank of the invasion. The objective of the division was to s...		05/30/2007	715
	Sainte Mere Eglise, 24 May 1944 Aerial picture taken thirteen days before D-Day.		05/30/2007	446
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	D-Day - Private John Steele hanging from church tower Private John M. Steele was the American paratrooper made famous in the movie, "The Longest Day" who landed in St. Mère-Église, the first village in Normandy liberated by the Americans on D-Day - June 6th, 1944... During the first night of Operation Overlord (June 5-6, 1944), American soldiers of the 82nd Airborne parachuted into the area west of St. Mère-Église in succe...		09/24/2009	123
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	Omaha Beach, 6 June 1944 (Overlay III) Detailed aerial view, Exit E1, taken 6 June 1944 at 1230 hrs. (Photograph U.S. National Archives) See also overall view of Easy Red: http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile25563/Omaha-Beach,-6-June-1944-(Overlay-I).htm		05/30/2007	729
	Omaha Beach (Overlay) An aerial reconnaissance picture of Omaha Beach made during D-Day (position uncertain). Omaha Beach was the Allied codename for one of the principal landing points during the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. The beach is about 3.5 miles long, from Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to Vierville-sur-Mer.		08/15/2005	1,549
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	D-Day - Juno Beach, 6 June 1944 British an d Canadian Forces landing in the morning of D-Day, 6th June 1944. The poster shows allied forces of the 3rd Canadian Division beginning their breakout from the coast past of the port of Courseulles-sur-Mer.		12/17/2008	1,025
	Bombing of the Yap Island airfield, 22 June 1944 Yap runway (Caroline Island Group) was target on 22 June 1944 for Consolidated B-24 Liberators of 13th Air Task Force, which bombed and destroyed 16 Japanese planes set five fuel trucks afire, and completed the roundtrip of about 2,100 miles with no looses.		02/27/2007	232