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Morning of the 6th of June 1944.The scene is set in Audouville-la-Hubert the 1st village were contact was made between the paratroopers of the 101st and the troops coming from Utah beach ( 1st contact between Captain Ray Herscher of the 1/502nd and Lieutenant Colonel Conrad Simmons commander of the 1st Batt 8th Infantry regiment 4th US Inf Div.) The pictures show a mixed group of paras and US infantry entering the village of Audouville-la-Hubert. It's around 08.15h. A mother is bringing her daughter to the village school. A local farmer brings his crop of the day to the village market. While a paras and an infantry man are crossing the street, 2 of their comrades give cover. Two young French girls on their way to school have just come across a para with camo on his helmet as he dashes off into the village looking for the enemy. An older woman, the bucher's mother I presume, just came out of the house and is amazed by what she sees in the village street.On some pictures you will see that the horse and the German shepard of the local commandant have left their visiting card on the pavement and on the road. There are roadworks at Audouville but no workers in sight. The bucher shop is closed through lack of products. A sign in the shop window indicates that there is no more meat.The German sign post shows the way to the next village but also to the coastal defenses: Widerstandsnest 7-8 and 10 and Stützpunkt 9.
hope you enjoy
guy
Morning of the 6th of June 1944.The scene is set in Audouville-la-Hubert the 1st village were contact was made between the paratroopers of the 101st and the troops coming from Utah beach ( 1st contact between Captain Ray Herscher of the 1/502nd and Lieutenant Colonel Conrad Simmons commander of the 1st Batt 8th Infantry regiment 4th US Inf Div.) The pictures show a mixed group of paras and US infantry entering the village of Audouville-la-Hubert. It's around 08.15h. A mother is bringing her daughter to the village school. A local farmer brings his crop of the day to the village market. While a paras and an infantry man are crossing the street, 2 of their comrades give cover. Two young French girls on their way to school have just come across a para with camo on his helmet as he dashes off into the village looking for the enemy. An older woman, the bucher's mother I presume, just came out of the house and is amazed by what she sees in the village street.On some pictures you will see that the horse and the German shepard of the local commandant have left their visiting card on the pavement and on the road. There are roadworks at Audouville but no workers in sight. The bucher shop is closed through lack of products. A sign in the shop window indicates that there is no more meat.The German sign post shows the way to the next village but also to the coastal defenses: Widerstandsnest 7-8 and 10 and Stützpunkt 9.
hope you enjoy
guy
