Normandy 1944
2nd Battalion 506th CP — Le Grand Chemin
Easy Company
GuideNormandy 1944
AreaUtah Beach & the drop zones
TypeEasy Company
Time to allow20 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS49.39400, -1.22460
The story
In this area Winters reached the battalion CP, was drawn into the leadership vacuum and received the mission that led to Brécourt. Interpretive reconstruction, not a marked footprint.
What to look for
The hinge in the story.
Nearby sites
- Easy Company / 506th Brécourt Memorial · under 1 km
- Brécourt Manor battery area · under 1 km
- Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument · under 1 km
- Sainte-Marie-du-Mont · 2 km
- Vierville (Cotentin) · 4 km
- Utah Beach Landing Museum · 4 km
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Easy Company: Normandy
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Normandy campaign of June–July 1944, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne, from the night drop and Brécourt Manor to Utah Beach and Carentan, with Omaha, Pointe du Hoc, the British and Canadian beaches and the best museums along the way.
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