A turret and a barge arrive at the museum before June 6

On a rainy Friday, about twenty curious people were waiting near the D-Day Museum in Vierville for the arrival of two pieces: a bell turret from Cherbourg and a landing barge returning from a stay in Royan with a collector. Michel Brissard, who had reopened the museum on his own in June of the previous year, presented it as an LCPV who participated in the Landing.

The company Cherbourg Levage carried out the transport and handling. The removal of the turret, estimated here at sixty tons, was quick. That of the eleven-ton barge took more than half an hour: properly balanced by the straps, it had to cross an electric cable before being placed and wedged near the museum, under the watchful eye of its owner.

The marine plywood had stood well over time, but a restoration was still necessary. The presence of the engine was highlighted as rare. The two pieces were to enrich the visit of the season.

The museum now appeared in the brochures of the Historical Space of the Battle of Normandy. Michel Brissard was considering a new establishment of at least 1,500 square meters, with a video library and a bookstore, a project supported by Mayor Jean-Marie Oxéant. In the meantime, he hoped to double an attendance of the previous year exceeding fifteen thousand visitors, obtained according to him without advertising. The article is signed V. G.

Reconstructed or uncertain passages:
- The turret is given for 60 tons in this cut, compared to 50 tons in the other report kept on the same arrival. The acronym LCPV and the presentation of the type of barge are kept as the collector's purpose.

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