Neuilly-la-Forêt in Normandy 1944

NEUILLY-LA-FORET Calvados - 6 km south of Isigny-sur-Mer
The 29th Infantry Division by the rivers Elle and Vire
At D-day + 3 the joining was not completed between Utah and Omaha landing beaches. Carentan was defended by Germans of the 6th Parachutist Regiment under Colonel von der Heydte. On 9 June General Gerow commanding the Vth American Corps expanded Omaha Beach bridgehead. The 29th Infantry Division commanded by General Gerhardt spanned the marshes of the Aure southward, and pushed back the remnants of several German units. On 10 June to the west, Isigny-sur-mer was liberated by infantry of the 175th Regiment and tanks of the 747th Tank Battalion. To the south the Americans formed a defensive line on the river Elle with the 115th Regimental Combat Team. To the west the 175th Regimental Combat Team assembled east of the river Vire, from Isigny-sur-Mer to La Fotelaie. Neuilly-la-Forêt was liberated but stayed on the front line.

474th Fighter Group and 38th Signal Battalion steles
A first plaque is dedicated to the 474th Fighter Group (428th, 429th and 430th Fighter Squadron) of the 9th US Air Force. A second plaque is in memory of the 38th Signal Battalion (July 1944).
Situation : north of the town, at the edge of the D197 road

56th General Hospital monument
Stele remembering that the 56th General Hospital was aperational there in July 1944,
Situation : at the edge of the D11 road, 2 km north of Lison

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INTERESTING WEB SITES
Association website about the 29th US Infantry Division http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/bunker/2629/index1.html Personal web site about the German parachutists 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 *Calvados departmental tourism office web site* http://www.calvados-tourisme.com/

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