In the night of June 5, 1944, the American paratroopers made history at St-Mère-Eglise. 66 years later, as a tribute, 500 French, English and German paratroopers jumped on the site of La Fière.<br /><br />St-Mère-Eglise, one of the first village to be liberated, veterans are slowly being replaced by a younger generation of military enthusiasts. The duty to remember is passed on to them now, a responsibility beyond dressing-up in WW2 uniforms and wargaming.<br /><br />Young people that Harry Silvester meet with pleasure, each year the veteran of Gold Beach comes to tell his story.<br /><br />On June 6, little before midnight 15, 000 paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division landed in the marshes of La Fière, at 4H30, St-Mother-Church was liberated.
