Vertou's military vehicle collectors in Vierville

A cut dedicated to Vertou's collectors of antique military vehicles presented their trip to Vierville to commemorate the Landing. On June 6, CVMA members went to Normandy with eight vehicles. Their president Jean-Claude Mallet had offered a case of muscadet Sèvre and Maine to Mr. Hauserman, owner of the Château de Vierville, to thank him for his welcome.

The article recalled that the property, after being occupied by the Germans, had housed General Bradley's headquarters from June 6 to July 21, 1944. He mentioned several hundred restored vehicles and English, German, Belgian, Dutch, Canadian and Scottish participants. Uniforms and land or air vehicles allowed the public to discover this period. A parade in Bayeux closed the day, dated June 6, 1999 in the text.

François Salmon, former reserve commander and member of the association, explained the objective: to recover the military equipment from 1939–1945, preserve it, reconstitute it and restore it to working order to transmit memory. A former non-commissioned officer he had known during the Algerian war had invited him to join the group.

About thirty members regularly participated in commemorations. She had paraded and exhibited her vehicles for the ten years of the squadron escort Maillé-Brézé. A trip to Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier was announced for the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the 11th Marine Artillery Regiment. The collections were presented at the CVMA headquarters, rue de la Maladrie in Vertou.

Reconstructed or uncertain passages:
- The cut juxtaposes the 57th anniversary of J-Day in its introduction and the date of June 6, 1999 in the body of the text. Its montage is surrounded by a poster for Sunday, June 2, 2002, while the file is named 2001. These indications do not allow a single date to be set without further proof. The marginal poster is distinct from the press article rewritten here.

Archive image: https://vierville.cordelle.eu/Photos2008/2001-CVMA.jpg