BRUCHEVILLE Manche - 10 km north-east of Carentan
 The 101st Airborne Division seized its objectives
The American parachutists of the 101st Airborne Division jumped in Normandy on 6 June 1944. After the landfall they encountered impeded conditions. The 501st Regiment 1st Battalion lost its commander at the very beginning of the fight. Colonel Johnson, the Regiment’s Commander gathered 150 men and seized La Barquette lock on the river Douve. The 506th Regiment 3rd Battalion suffered heavy losses ; an officer mustered a bunch of troops and destroyed two bridges on the river Douve. In the afternoon the german paratroopers counter-attacked from Carentan ; at the end of the day they entered Vierville and progressed toward Brucheville. The fighting lasted all the night of 6 to 7 June, finally Brucheville was under American control. Vierville was taken back, then lost again, and seized definitively by the Americans, who pushed back the paras of Lieutenant-colonel von der Heydte.
   
 
 
 
A16 airfield monument
 Stele remembering that the Americans of the 843rd Air Engineers Battalion built this airfield. From there took off the 36th Fighter Group of the 9th US Air Force.
 Situation : at the edge of the D913 road coming from Carentan, take the D424E road to the right before arriving in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
 
  Curry road stele - Le Grand Vey
 Stele in memory of private E. J. Curry of the 519th Port Battalion, killed in action on 10 June 1944.
 Situation : at the edge of the D115 road, at the northern exit of Le Grand Vey
 
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INTERESTING WEB SITES

Personal web site about the 101st Airborne Division
http://www.101airborneww2.com/
 Personal web site about the German paratroops
http://www.eagle19.freeserve.co.uk/index.html
Personal web site – veterans memories, D-day, Normandy...
http://www.normandy1944.info/
 Personal web site about D-day and Normandy battle
http://www.dday-overlord.com/index.htm
Manche departmental tourism office web site
http://www.manchetourisme.com/
 
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