https://www.ipernity.com/tag/162835/keyword/5893474 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/13/7C/162835.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/162835/keyword/5893474 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:24:21 +0000 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:24:21 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/162835/52712970 tag:ipernity.com,2024-12-04,doc-52712970 Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:15:43 +0000 2024-08-14T03:57:19-08:00 nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/162835">RHH</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/162835/52712970"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/29/70/52712970.7e62eae6.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the steeple of the church in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, a town near the Utah and Omaha beaches used by the Americans on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The effigy is of a man named John Steele of the 505th Parachute Regiment whose parachute snagged on the steeple. He hung there for several hours pretending to be dead until rescued and made a prisoner by the German soldiers in the town. According to his own account they did not shoot him, as they did many other paratroopers who were descending on the town, because they thought he was protected by the Mary to whom the church is dedicated.</div> Parachutist <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/162835">RHH</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/162835/52712970"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/29/70/52712970.7e62eae6.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the steeple of the church in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, a town near the Utah and Omaha beaches used by the Americans on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The effigy is of a man named John Steele of the 505th Parachute Regiment whose parachute snagged on the steeple. He hung there for several hours pretending to be dead until rescued and made a prisoner by the German soldiers in the town. According to his own account they did not shoot him, as they did many other paratroopers who were descending on the town, because they thought he was protected by the Mary to whom the church is dedicated.</div> RHH