Normandy 1944
Easy Company / 506th Brécourt Memorial
Memorial · public viewpoint
GuideNormandy 1944
AreaUtah Beach & the drop zones
TypeMemorial · public viewpoint
Time to allow30 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS49.39172, -1.22273
The story
The practical public viewpoint for the Brécourt story. Orient toward the private battery area; the guns were believed to be firing toward Utah Beach.
What to look for
Stay on public access. Use the memorial to identify the participants, then read the ground.
Nearby sites
- Brécourt Manor battery area · under 1 km
- 2nd Battalion 506th CP — Le Grand Chemin · 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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