Jeton touristique - Prune - Sainte-Mère-Eglise - D-Day Airborne 101ème division aéroportée

Commemorative issue

D-Day June 6, 1944

Obverse

An American paratrooper landing next to the church in Sainte-Mère-Eglise, a French commune in the Calvados department, Normandy region.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
D.DAY - 6.6.1944

Reverse

Peripheral text. Emblem of the 101st Airborne Division over the church of Sainte-Mère-Eglise. Different from Prune at 8h.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AIRBORNE 6.6.1944
101st
Ste. Mère Eglise
Let's go !!
D.DAY

Edge

Reeded

© PLH28 (CC BY-NC-SA)

Comments

The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) is a division of the U.S. Army trained primarily for airborne assault (in its early days), and later for heliborne assault. Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_division_a%C3%A9roport%C3%A9e_(%C3%89United States)

The commune is known as one of the first on mainland France to be liberated on June 6, 1944, during the Battle of Normandy. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-M%C3%A8re-%C3%89glise

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

La 101e division aéroportée US — en anglais 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) — est une division de l'Armée de terre des États-Unis entraînée principalement pour l'assaut aéroporté (à ses débuts), puis héliporté. Https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/101e_division_a%C3%A9roport%C3%A9e_(%C3%89tats-Unis)

La commune est connue pour être l'une des premières communes de France continentale libérées le 6 juin 1944 lors de la bataille de Normandie. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-M%C3%A8re-%C3%89glise

See also

• Religious building
• Museum
• War

• Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Airborne 101ème division
• Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Airborne 101ème division
• Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Sainte-Mère-Eglise

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