John Sheldon's photos with the keyword: Sainte-Mère-Eglise

In the quite village of Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Normandy, France. This well used votive candle stand is in the church building on whose tower an American paratrooper, John Steele, hung helplessly during the D-day invasion of Normandy in June 1944. This event was included in the 1962 film "The Longest Day".

In the quite village of Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Normandy, France. As depicted in the 1962 film The Longest Day, there was fierce fighting here as the D-day invasion of Normandy began and American parachutists started to land and were challenged by German occupying forces. One of the Americans, John Steele, famously got his parachute caught on the church tower and hung there in that exposed position for two hours while the battle raged below.

In the quite village of Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Normandy, France. As depicted in the 1962 film The Longest Day, there was fierce fighting here as the D-day invasion of Normandy began and American parachutists started to land and were challenged by German occupying forces. One of the Americans, John Steele, famously got his parachute caught on the church tower and hung there in that exposed position for two hours while the battle raged below.