Normandy 1944
St-Côme-du-Mont
506th / 101st context
GuideNormandy 1944
AreaCarentan & the causeways
Type506th / 101st context
Time to allow30 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS49.33600, -1.27200
The story
The 101st pushed through here toward Carentan; the 506th took the village on 8 June while Easy was in reserve. Hedgerows and narrow roads fragmented movement.
What to look for
Short map distances conceal difficult ground. Every hedge a wall, every junction an objective.
Nearby sites
- Dead Man's Corner / D-Day Experience · under 1 km
- Douve / Dead Man's Corner sector · under 1 km
- Angoville-au-Plain church · 2 km
- Purple Heart Lane / Carentan causeway · 3 km
- Vierville (Cotentin) · 3 km
- Carentan · 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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