Generals Gavin and Ridgway Memorial

Rue Cap de Laine, Sainte-Mère-Église
Normandie, France

On the right side of [url=http://tracesofwar.com/sights/2321]Liberty Highway - Kilometer 0[/url] stands in the garden of the Hotel de Ville of Sainte-Mère-Eglise a memorial to the Generals Ridgway and Gavin. In the Hotel de Ville is the first American flag, which was rased on liberated French territory. The text on the monument: [i]In grateful tribure to Generals Ridgway and Gavin and to all the gallant Liberators of our town Sainte-Mère-Église - June 1944[/i]

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Text by: Ewoud van Eig

Photo(s): Ewoud van Eig