The Freedom Highway starts in Ste Mere Eglise, France. It is the first town liberated by the Allies in WWII during Operation Overlord. I rode my bicycle from one end of Normandy to the other on June 6, 2004, the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. I started at (Utah Beach) and rode to Caen (Sword Beach). Several years later I visited the WWII Museum in New Orleans and found the Freedom Hwy Marker No. 1 tha…

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Posted: August 7th, 2010 under Normandy Videos.
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France’s Mont Saint Michel is an international treasure. The shrine to the Arch Angel Micheal was begun in 708. Today this extraordinary island is visited by 3 and one half million people each year. We stayed in Bayeux at the Churchill Hotel which arranged our tour. Bayeux is a great place to stay when visiting both the island and the D-Day beaches. We highly recommend the tour and the Churchill….

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Posted: June 1st, 2010 under Normandy Videos.
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US C-130 HERCULES transport aircraft from the 86th Airlift Wing out of Ramstein AB, Germany conduct a low-level fly-by at an altitude of 300 feet over the 65th Anniversary of D-Day Veteran’s Ceremony outside Ste Mere Eglise, Normandy, France. Ste Mere Eglise was the first town to be liberated on D-Day by the US 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions. … “65th Anniversary” D-Day Low-Level Fly-by “Ste M…

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Posted: June 25th, 2009 under Normandy Videos.
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65th Anniversary of D-Day Airdrop Over Ste Mere Eglise, Normandy, France by several countries, including US C-130 HERCULES and Allied C-160 TRANSALL aircraft. Paratroops included US 101st, 82nd and 173rd Airborne, as well as those from allied countries….

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Posted: June 24th, 2009 under Normandy Videos.
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-130 HERCULES transport aircraft from the 86th Airlift Wing out of Ramstein AB, Germany conduct a low-level fly-by at an altitude of 300 feet over the 65th Anniversary of D-Day Veteran’s Ceremony outside Ste Mere Eglise, Normandy, France. Ste Mere Eglise was the first town to be liberated on D-Day by the US 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions. … “65th Anniversary” D-Day Low-Level Fly-by “Ste Mere…

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Posted: June 23rd, 2009 under Normandy Videos.
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65th Anniversary of D-Day Airdrop Over Ste Mere Eglise, Normandy, France by several countries, including US C-130 HERCULES and Allied C-160 TRANSALL aircraft. Paratroops included US 101st, 82nd and 173rd Airborne, as well as those from allied countries….

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Posted: June 21st, 2009 under Normandy Videos.
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