Normandy 1944
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
Town · 506th sector
GuideNormandy 1944
AreaUtah Beach & the drop zones
TypeTown · 506th sector
Time to allow45 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS49.37780, -1.22580
The story
The heart of the 506th's D-Day sector, connecting the landings, the routes to Utah and the Brécourt action. From here the scattered story converges.
What to look for
Use the village and its church tower as your geographic reset.
Nearby sites
- Brécourt Manor battery area · 2 km
- Easy Company / 506th Brécourt Memorial · 2 km
- Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument · 2 km
- 2nd Battalion 506th CP — Le Grand Chemin · 2 km
- Vierville (Cotentin) · 2 km
- Angoville-au-Plain church · 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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