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  • THEOULE-SUR-MER, France – Sailors from USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), French army veterans and guests sail out to Pointe d’Esquillion for a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the Liberation of Provence by allied forces during World War II. Mount Whitney, homeported in Gaeta, Italy, is the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship and operates with a combined crew of U.S. Sailors and MSC civil service mariners. The civil service mariners perform navigation, deck, engineering, laundry and galley service operations while military personnel aboard support communications, weapons systems and security. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • THEOULE-SUR-MER, France - Sailors from USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) stand in formation at the Cross of Lorraine monument as French army veterans bear flags commemorating the Liberation of Provence by allied forces during World War II. Mount Whitney, homeported in Gaeta, Italy, is the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship and operates with a combined crew of U.S. Sailors and MSC civil service mariners. The civil service mariners perform navigation, deck, engineering, laundry and galley service operations while military personnel aboard support communications, weapons systems and security. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • BOLLEVILLE, France -- June 4th, 2012 was a special day for WW2 Army nurses and sisters Ellan and Dorothy Lewinsky. Both sisters served as nurses at the 164th Field Hospital from August 1944 to May 1945, which was located in Bolleville. Ellan and Dorothy also received honorary citizenship at the ceremony today. A memorial was inaugurated in honor of WW2 medical personnel, unveiled by both sisters. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • BOLLEVILLE, France -- June 4th, 2012 was a special day for WW2 Army nurses and sisters Ellan and Dorothy Lewinsky. Both sisters served as nurses at the 164th Field Hospital from August 1944 to May 1945, which was located in Bolleville. Ellan and Dorothy also received honorary citizenship at the ceremony today. A memorial was inaugurated in honor of WW2 medical personnel, unveiled by both sisters. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Sgt. Stephanie Cortez, 25, of Olympia, Wash., snaps a photo inside the church in Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Airmen from the 86th Airlift Wing stand in formation June 1, 2012, before a commemorative ceremony in Picauville, France honoring the Airmen and soldiers who lost their lives during the famous Normandy D-Day invasion. U.S. and French forces attended the ceremony in the Picauville town square that remembers the transport aircrews and paratroopers who were killed when their C-47 aircraft was brought down by German anti-aircraft artillery during the early morning hours of June 6, 1944 during the invasion of France. The 86th Airlift Wing is based at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • MARIGNY, France – Two U.S. Army veterans who fought in WWII, one from the 4th Infantry Division and another from the 83rd Infantry Division, met with a German WWII veteran who fought in the battle for Marigny, northeast of Carentan. A ceremony was held, where a French veteran received his nation’s highest military honor. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • ANGOVILLE AU PLAIN, France – U.S. and British troops took part in a ceremony at Angoville au Plain – where Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Infantry Division fought during the D-Day operations. In 2006, a stained glass window was dedicated to the Screaming Eagles in the church, which had served as a medical aid station for German and U.S. forces during the fighting. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • ANGOVILLE AU PLAIN, France – U.S. and British troops took part in a ceremony at Angoville au Plain – where Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Infantry Division fought during the D-Day operations. In 2006, a stained glass window was dedicated to the Screaming Eagles in the church, which had served as a medical aid station for German and U.S. forces during the fighting. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • ANGOVILLE AU PLAIN, France – U.S. and British troops took part in a ceremony at Angoville au Plain – where Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Infantry Division fought during the D-Day operations. In 2006, a stained glass window was dedicated to the Screaming Eagles in the church, which had served as a medical aid station for German and U.S. forces during the fighting. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • ANGOVILLE AU PLAIN, France – U.S. and British troops took part in a ceremony at Angoville au Plain – where Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Infantry Division fought during the D-Day operations. In 2006, a stained glass window was dedicated to the Screaming Eagles in the church, which had served as a medical aid station for German and U.S. forces during the fighting. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • ANGOVILLE AU PLAIN, France – U.S. and British troops took part in a ceremony at Angoville au Plain – where Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Infantry Division fought during the D-Day operations. In 2006, a stained glass window was dedicated to the Screaming Eagles in the church, which had served as a medical aid station for German and U.S. forces during the fighting. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • ANGOVILLE AU PLAIN, France – U.S. and British troops took part in a ceremony at Angoville au Plain – where Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Infantry Division fought during the D-Day operations. In 2006, a stained glass window was dedicated to the Screaming Eagles in the church, which had served as a medical aid station for German and U.S. forces during the fighting. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAINGES, France – Dutch, German and U.S. paratroopers joined a ceremony held French townspeople in Graignes, south of Carentan, where U.S. 82nd Airborne Division fought during the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. The paratroopers had been dropped off course. About 100 paratroopers held off 2,000 Germans for 2 days. Some escaped with a few townspeople. Others were burned in the town church. A month later, on July 9, U.S. Soldiers liberated the town. The ceremony was held on the church grounds. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • ANGOVILLE AU PLAIN, France – U.S. and British troops took part in a ceremony at Angoville au Plain – where Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Infantry Division fought during the D-Day operations. In 2006, a stained glass window was dedicated to the Screaming Eagles in the church, which had served as a medical aid station for German and U.S. forces during the fighting. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • ANGOVILLE AU PLAIN, France – U.S. and British troops took part in a ceremony at Angoville au Plain – where Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Infantry Division fought during the D-Day operations. In 2006, a stained glass window was dedicated to the Screaming Eagles in the church, which had served as a medical aid station for German and U.S. forces during the fighting. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAINGES, France – Dutch, German and U.S. paratroopers joined a ceremony held French townspeople in Graignes, south of Carentan, where U.S. 82nd Airborne Division fought during the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. The paratroopers had been dropped off course. About 100 paratroopers held off 2,000 Germans for 2 days. Some escaped with a few townspeople. Others were burned in the town church. A month later, on July 9, U.S. Soldiers liberated the town. The ceremony was held on the church grounds. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAINGES, France – Dutch, German and U.S. paratroopers joined a ceremony held French townspeople in Graignes, south of Carentan, where U.S. 82nd Airborne Division fought during the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. The paratroopers had been dropped off course. About 100 paratroopers held off 2,000 Germans for 2 days. Some escaped with a few townspeople. Others were burned in the town church. A month later, on July 9, U.S. Soldiers liberated the town. The ceremony was held on the church grounds. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAINGES, France – Dutch, German and U.S. paratroopers joined a ceremony held French townspeople in Graignes, south of Carentan, where U.S. 82nd Airborne Division fought during the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. The paratroopers had been dropped off course. About 100 paratroopers held off 2,000 Germans for 2 days. Some escaped with a few townspeople. Others were burned in the town church. A month later, on July 9, U.S. Soldiers liberated the town. The ceremony was held on the church grounds. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAINGES, France – Dutch, German and U.S. paratroopers joined a ceremony held French townspeople in Graignes, south of Carentan, where U.S. 82nd Airborne Division fought during the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. The paratroopers had been dropped off course. About 100 paratroopers held off 2,000 Germans for 2 days. Some escaped with a few townspeople. Others were burned in the town church. A month later, on July 9, U.S. Soldiers liberated the town. The ceremony was held on the church grounds. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAINGES, France – Dutch, German and U.S. paratroopers joined a ceremony held French townspeople in Graignes, south of Carentan, where U.S. 82nd Airborne Division fought during the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. The paratroopers had been dropped off course. About 100 paratroopers held off 2,000 Germans for 2 days. Some escaped with a few townspeople. Others were burned in the town church. A month later, on July 9, U.S. Soldiers liberated the town. The ceremony was held on the church grounds. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAINGES, France – Dutch, German and U.S. paratroopers joined a ceremony held French townspeople in Graignes, south of Carentan, where U.S. 82nd Airborne Division fought during the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. The paratroopers had been dropped off course. About 100 paratroopers held off 2,000 Germans for 2 days. Some escaped with a few townspeople. Others were burned in the town church. A month later, on July 9, U.S. Soldiers liberated the town. The ceremony was held on the church grounds. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAINGES, France – Dutch, German and U.S. paratroopers joined a ceremony held French townspeople in Graignes, south of Carentan, where U.S. 82nd Airborne Division fought during the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. The paratroopers had been dropped off course. About 100 paratroopers held off 2,000 Germans for 2 days. Some escaped with a few townspeople. Others were burned in the town church. A month later, on July 9, U.S. Soldiers liberated the town. The ceremony was held on the church grounds. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAINGES, France – Dutch, German and U.S. paratroopers joined a ceremony held French townspeople in Graignes, south of Carentan, where U.S. 82nd Airborne Division fought during the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. The paratroopers had been dropped off course. About 100 paratroopers held off 2,000 Germans for 2 days. Some escaped with a few townspeople. Others were burned in the town church. A month later, on July 9, U.S. Soldiers liberated the town. The ceremony was held on the church grounds. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • MARIGNY, France – Two U.S. Army veterans who fought in WWII, one from the 4th Infantry Division and another from the 83rd Infantry Division, met with a German WWII veteran who fought in the battle for Marigny, northeast of Carentan. A ceremony was held, where a French veteran received his nation’s highest military honor. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • MARIGNY, France – Two U.S. Army veterans who fought in WWII, one from the 4th Infantry Division and another from the 83rd Infantry Division, met with a German WWII veteran who fought in the battle for Marigny, northeast of Carentan. A ceremony was held, where a French veteran received his nation’s highest military honor. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • MARIGNY, France – Two U.S. Army veterans who fought in WWII, one from the 4th Infantry Division and another from the 83rd Infantry Division, met with a German WWII veteran who fought in the battle for Marigny, northeast of Carentan. A ceremony was held, where a French veteran received his nation’s highest military honor. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • MARIGNY, France – Two U.S. Army veterans who fought in WWII, one from the 4th Infantry Division and another from the 83rd Infantry Division, met with a German WWII veteran who fought in the battle for Marigny, northeast of Carentan. A ceremony was held, where a French veteran received his nation’s highest military honor. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • MARIGNY, France – Two U.S. Army veterans who fought in WWII, one from the 4th Infantry Division and another from the 83rd Infantry Division, met with a German WWII veteran who fought in the battle for Marigny, northeast of Carentan. A ceremony was held, where a French veteran received his nation’s highest military honor. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Standing adjacent to Picauville Mayor Philippe Catherine, Air Force Col. William "Bill" Ward addresses attendees June 1, 2012, during a commemorative ceremony in Picauville, France honoring the Airmen and soldiers who lost their lives during the famous Normandy D-Day invasion. U.S. and French forces attended the ceremony in the Picauville town square that remembers the transport aircrews and paratroopers who were killed when their C-47 aircraft was brought down by German anti-aircraft artillery at 1:20 a.m., June 6, 1944 during the invasion of France. Ward is commander of the 86th Operations Group, a subordinate organization to the 86th Airlift Wing based at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Tech. Sgt. Nick Palmer, 37th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, gives out patches and other Air Force memorabilia to French children during a ceremony in Picauville, France June 1. The ceremony commemorated the 68th anniversary of when four C-47 troop transport aircraft were shot down over Picauville during World War II. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A French volunteer stops and poses during the Picauville, France, ceremony June 1, commemorating the 68th Anniversary of when Four B-47s were shot down during D-Day. Volunteers from all over the world come to Picauville to help re-live and retell the stories of the troops who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A flower arrangement is placed in front of each B-47 memorial plaque to pay tribute to the troops who lost their lives 68 years ago in Picauville, France, June 1. Four B-47s were shot down during D-Day over Picauville. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Staff Sgt. Nydea Brown, 28, of New York, lights a candles within the church at Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Capt. Sarah McInerney, 28, Severna Park, Md., commands the Kaiserslautern, Germany-based 5th Quartermaster Detachment. She and fellow paratroopers are taking part in D-Day commemorations this year in Normandy. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • U.S. Army Soldiers from the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) haul in duffle bags during their arrival in Normandy. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • U.S. Army noncommissioned officer from the Kaiserslautern, Germany-based 5th Quartermaster Detachment walk through the town square at Sainte-Mère-Eglise. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Australian Capt. Mel Ross, 41, of Nowra, New South Wales, an officer attached to the British 4th Parachute Regiment and U.S. Army paratroopers shop for souvenirs along Rue du Général de Gaulle in Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Bernhard Fey, a former East German who tried twice to escape to freedom in the West at Point Alpha, shares his memories with 5th Signal Command's Col. Andre L. Wiley and Christine Kuempel. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Members of the Wiesbaden High School's JROTC fold an American flag during the anniversary ceremony at the Point Alpha Memorial in Germany. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • OBSERSALZBERG, Germany -- World War II veterans Robert Dutil and John Keller watch as fellow vet Bob Miller, retired Army Lt. Gen. Keith W. Dayton and retired Army Capt. Monika Stoy lower a wreath near a plaque commemorating the efforts of the 3rd Infantry Division May 5. Dutil, Keller and Miller were part of the division when it seized this area 66 years before. Dayton is the director of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • OBERSALZBERG, Germany -- Retired Capt. Monika Stoy, president of the European chapter of the Society of the 3rd Infantry Division, talks about the courage of U.S. Army soldiers who raised the flag here May 5, 1944. Stoy, who helped organize the ceremony, spoke during the commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the flag raising event attended by about 150 people. (Department of Defense photo/Jason Tudor) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • OBERSALZBERG, Germany -- Robert Dutil, John Keller and John Miller and Dutil's daughter, Jane, wait for the start of the commemoration flag raising ceremony May 5. Two of the three veterans, Keller and Miller, were here 66 years before when the 3rd Infantry Division originally raised the flag. Mr. Dutil was recovering from injuries in a hosptial at the time. (Department of Defense Photo/Jason Tudor) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...