Omaha-Bedford prepares a computer room and the commemorations of 1999

Meeting on a Saturday, the board of directors of the Omaha-Bedford Twinning Committee took stock of its activities. Philippe Ygouf announced the donation of nine computers by a company and three others by the general council. A room was to be installed in Trévières, accessible to students and members, in order to facilitate exchanges with the schools of Bedford, Virginia. The association continued its search for financial partners.

The mayor of Vierville, Jean-Marie Oxeant, then presented the program of the 55th anniversary of the Landing. On June 5, the Landing Committee was to organize a ceremony with the inauguration of a street named after a resistance fighter. On June 6, ceremonies were planned at the monuments of the Guard and the 29th Division, with 120 Americans, including 81 veterans and eighteen men who landed in Omaha on June 6, 1944. Another group of veterans and active soldiers, including five generals, was expected on September 8.

An exhibition was to open on May 30 for the summer, and a philatelic presentation was to be held from June 1 to 4 at the party hall. The municipality announced a commemorative envelope and a temporary obliteration flame. Omaha-Bedford would have two panels for its communication. Four hundred collectors and two hundred vintage vehicles were expected in Vierville, with a parade on the morning of June 6. A military exchange was scheduled for June 9. The tourist office had also just published a leaflet with Saint-Laurent, Colleville and the ADTLB.

Omaha-Bedford planned to work with Normandie Alliée, an association created by Jean-Marc Lefranc, around youth exchanges in the United States, then in England and France. The president of the American association Normandy Allied was to come on July 15; a buffet would allow her to meet with residents who had known the war and the members. The accession of Saint-Pierre-du-Mont to the grouping of municipalities was also envisaged.

An independent brief announced for Tuesday, April 13 the annual excursion of veterans to the island of Bréhat, organized with the elders of Indochina in Normandy. The published contact was Guy Campserveux, at 02 31 21 31 08.

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