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     This is a stained glass window in the tiny 12th – 13th century church in Angoville-au-Plain honoring two American Airborne medics.  Over a three day period the medics treated 80 wounded German and American soldiers following the initial invasion of Normandy.  They went without reinforcements or supplies while the battle was being fought outside the church.  I read that they were allowed to stay as the location changed hands several times because they made a commitment to treat anyone who was brought to the church. Oliver showed us pews where you can still see blood stains and a crack in the floor where a bomb came through the ceiling, hit the floor, but didn’t explode.  There is a memorial to the medics, Bob Wright and Kenneth Moore,  in the courtyard of the church.

Marmion Farm

    From the Overland Tour website:  “The very first newsreel of the airborne invasion in Normandy shown in movie theatres in the United States was filmed at this particular farmhouse. ….”  This farm was the location “of many of the best known American press photographs taken during WWII at this site. Some of the photos show Stopka’s task force displaying the first Nazi flag captured by the 101st Airborne Division. Many famous photographs in D-Day and WWII books were taken at this site.”