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    merged into Sainte-Mère-Église. On 1 January 2019, the former communes of Carquebut and Ravenoville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église. Sainte-Mère-Église...
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    Sainte-Mère (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t mɛʁ]; Occitan: Senta Mèra) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Communes of the Gers department...
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  • 505th PIR jumped accurately and captured its objective, the town of Sainte-Mère-Église, which proved essential to the success of the division. The division...
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    American paratrooper who landed on the pinnacle of the church tower in Sainte-Mère-Église on June 6, 1944 during Operation Overlord. On the night before...
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    is located in Sainte-Mère-Église, in the La Manche region of Normandy, close to the beaches used for the Normandy landings. Sainte-Mère-Église became...
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    Conteville, probably so created by his stepson, and held the honour of Sainte-Mère-Église, a portion of the county of Mortain. There he founded Grestain...
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    The Château de Sainte-Mère is a 13th-century ruined castle in the commune of Sainte-Mère in the Gers département of France. The castle was built at the...
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  • William of Sainte-Mère-Église was a medieval Bishop of London. William's family originated from Sainte-Mère-Église, in the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy...
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    to secure Pegasus Bridge, American paratroopers land scattered around Sainte-Mère-Église to defend a road that will be a vital artery for the invasion...
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  • the route of the Allied forces from D-Day in June 1944. It starts in Sainte-Mère-Eglise, in the Manche département in Normandy, France, travels across...
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    given the task of capturing Sainte-Mère-Église, was shifted to protect the Carentan flank, and the capture of Sainte-Mère-Église was assigned to the veteran...
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    the airborne units arrived, tasked with securing the key crossroads at Sainte-Mère-Église and controlling the causeways through the flooded farmland behind...
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  • Detroit was near Sainte-Mère-Église, to the west of Utah Beach. The objective of the division was to secure the town of Sainte-Mère-Église and to take...
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    Camembert, and Trésor d'Isigny cheeses, among others, made by the Isigny Sainte-Mère co-operative. Oysters have been extensively cultivated in the nearby...
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    everyone on board.: 78–79  Winters jumped that night and landed safely near Sainte-Mère-Église.: 80  Losing his weapon during the drop, he nevertheless oriented...
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    Utah landings is located at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, and there is one dedicated to the activities of the US airmen at Sainte-Mère-Église. Two German military...
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    political prisoner in the mount; La Mère Poulard, famous restaurant; Anne Boutiaut Poulard, creator of the Omelette de la mère Poulard. Tiphaine Raguenel, Breton...
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    Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Sainte-Mère-Église. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Operation Market Garden...
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    south-east of the village. The village is twinned with the French commune of Sainte-Mère-Église in Normandy. The appropriate electoral ward is called 'Stour'...
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    north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Sainte-Mère-Église. During World War 2, as part of the opening phase of Operation...
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    Foucarville to Beuzeville. Cole's group moved during the night from near Sainte-Mère-Église to the Varreville battery, then continued on and captured Exit...
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    Billed from Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. Sainte-Mère-Église, France Trained by Killer Kowalski Debut March 24, 1992 Retired...
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    Regiment. These paratroopers were involved in liberating the town of Sainte-Mère-Église, in Normandy, France, on the morning of D-Day and included Pvt...
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    Saint-Christophe-du-Foc (50454) Saint-Cyr (50461) Sainte-Colombe (50457) Sainte-Geneviève (50469) Sainte-Marie-du-Mont (50509) Sainte-Mère-Église (50523) Saint-Floxel (50467)...
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    in which he played a private killed by a German after the landing in Sainte-Mère-Église. Mineo was baffled by his sudden loss of popularity, later saying:...
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    logistics of landing on Allied ships. Since February 2010, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Sainte-Mère-Église and Ravenoville have formed a grouping of "communes...
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    Howbridge Robert de Watford Martin de Pattishall Geoffrey de Lucy William of Sainte-Mère-Église Henry de Cornhill Walter de Saleron Robert de Barton Peter de...
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    the D-Day invasion beaches, including Utah Beach in the Cotentin. At Sainte-Mère-Église a few miles away from the beach, there is a museum commemorating...
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  • in Normandy. Vandervoort led his battalion in defending the town of Sainte-Mère-Église on 6 June in "Mission Boston", despite having broken his ankle...
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    either side of the Merderet River. They were to capture the town of Sainte-Mère-Église, a crucial communications crossroad behind Utah Beach, and to...
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