The bond between a Normandy town and the Americans who liberated it is memorialized in a unique way -- on a church where an American paratrooper found refuge 75 years ago. On the church, dangling from the clock tower, is a dummy paratrooper. It hangs on the only church in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, the first village liberated by the Allies, and is a reminder of how the parish became an important part of World War II history. TRUMP, OTHER LEADERS MARK D-DAY'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY IN NORMANDY, FRANCEIt was there on June 6, 1944, where John Steele of the 82nd Airborne landed on the pinnacle of the church tower, dangling for two hours. D-DAY SONG 'SHORES OF NORMANDY,' BY 90-YEAR-OLD VET OUTSELLING TUNES BY TAYLOR SWIFT, ED SHEERANSteele was awarded the Bronze Star for valor and the Purple Heart for being wounded in combat.

Source: Fox News June 06, 2019 14:15 UTC