Sainte-Mère-Église

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Sainte-Mère-Église, a village on the Cotentin peninsula, was made famous on the night of 5 June 1944 during the American Airborne Landing. During the operation, US paratrooper John Steele's parachute caught on the church steeple and he hung there, feigning death. Today his effigy, complete with parachute, remind us of past events.

Near the church is the Airborne museum, which offers an exhibition dedicated to the Landing of the 82nd American airborne division.

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