NEGREVILLE Manche - 7 km west of Valognes The decisive drive on Cherbourg The Cotentin peninsula was cut off on 18 June 1944, the VIIth Corps under General Collins turned next in the direction of the main purpose : Cherbourg. The offensive started on 19 June. The 79th Infantry Division commanded by General Wyche launched the attack west of Valognes, from the area between Golleville to Urville. The 313rd Infantry Regiment crossed the road Valognes-Bricquebec, and settled down in the little wood of La Brique west of Valognes. General Eddy's 9th Infantry Division progressed without any opposition worth mentioning; the 2nd Battalion of the 39th Infantry Regiment entered Bricquebec, cleared of German troops. The 4th Cavalry Squadron was engaged with the 9th and 7th infantry Divisions on the flanks. Troops A and C's line of departure was Néhou toward Négreville, while Troops E and F started from Blandamour toward Rocheville. The Americans encountered weak resistance and reached all their objectives in the afternoon; Négreville was liberated.
82nd Airborne Division monument Monument dedicated to the American parachutists of the .507th Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division, whose plane cashed there in the night of 6 June 1944. Situation : from the town, take D62 road toward Sottevast, then turn left and take under the railroad, then follow the road signs along the track to the monument that stands in a dead end
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