Saint Mere Eglise

Monday, May 31. 2010

The church in Saint Mere Eglise is most notable for the paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne who got caught on the steeple, played by Red Buttons in The Longest Day. After the war, one of the new stained glass windows was devoted to the paratroopers.

If you examine the window, you'll see the AA ("All American") emblem of the 82nd Airborne Division, the insignias of the individual Parachute Infantry Regiments, and other imagery associated with airborne troops in the window.

Posted by Richard Welty in Military History at 02:44 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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