A blockhouse transformed into an American monument

The German blockhouse dominating the Vierville–Saint-Laurent sector was being transformed. Its platform was to host an American monument in tribute to the troops who had silenced the enemy cannon. The inauguration was announced for June 6, 1969, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Landing.

Archive image: https://vierville.cordelle.eu/PhDoc10/1968Sept27-Memo.jpg