The 70th anniversary of the landing in Vierville

On the Satory plateau, near Versailles, members of the Univem Paris Île-de-France maintained military vehicles in a large hangar of the base. Jean-Charles Brisson, former president of the club and electromechanical, explained that most of the machines belonged to the association. The army had gradually given them to him during the renewal of his equipment. Installed there for ten years, the club's mission was to preserve this heritage.

Its members claimed their passion for ancient mechanics rather than a taste for uniforms or a warlike nostalgia. The restoration began with the complete disassembly of the vehicle, its inspection and then its rehabilitation. Mechanics, electricity, welding and bodywork often mobilized teams working in pairs.

The American vehicles were the most numerous, from the Jeep to the 19-ton Pacific convenience store. Jean-Charles Brisson recalled that equipment left by the Allies had been used by the 1st Army and the 2nd DB until the 1960s–1970s. The collection also included French equipment, including Renault and Laffly V15T VBLs according to the designations of the article, a mobile kitchen, as well as British and Canadian vehicles. An amphibious GMC made it possible to inflate or deflate the tires from the driver's seat. Prototypes from military tenders and two aerotrains belonging to another association were also housed on site.

The machines went out for Heritage Days, festivals, parades, regimental open doors and fairs. For the 70th anniversary of the Landing, Christophe, member of Univem and organizer, was preparing a rally in Vierville-sur-Mer from June 2 to 8, 2014. On four hectares were to meet French, Belgian, Dutch, German and British collectors and teams for reconstructions of maneuvers. More than a hundred vehicles were already registered and a convoy to Sainte-Mère-Église was planned.

The club favored a sponsorship: the one who restored a machine became his privileged driver. To pay the rent, buy parts and keep the association alive, the hangar also welcomed owners of vintage cars who came to work on their vehicles. The report evoked Hotchkiss, buses from the 1960s and the cars of a collector solicited by the cinema. Bernard, a member met on site, insisted on mutual aid and a shared passion beyond differences in age or social background.

The box indicated 170 members and an annual fee of €60, with availability for work or events. He gave the coordinates 01 39 53 19 40 and www.univem-paris.com, and referred to www.dday2014.fr for the Vierville rally.

The report also announced Rétromobile, from February 5 to 9 at Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles: 400 exhibitors, a hundred clubs and more than 500 cars, including the centenary of the 1914-1918 war and maharajas cars. The hat presented it as the 30th edition and the box referred to www.retromobile.com. The article is signed by Laure Bazantay, in Satory.

On the Satory plateau, near Versailles, members of the Univem Paris Île-de-France maintained military vehicles in a large hangar of the base. Jean-Charles Brisson, former president of the club and electromechanical, explained that most of the machines belonged to the association. The army had gradually given them to him during the renewal of his equipment. Installed there for ten years, the club's mission was to preserve this heritage.

Its members claimed their passion for ancient mechanics rather than a taste for uniforms or a warlike nostalgia. The restoration began with the complete disassembly of the vehicle, its inspection and then its rehabilitation. Mechanics, electricity, welding and bodywork often mobilized teams working in pairs.

The American vehicles were the most numerous, from the Jeep to the 19-ton Pacific convenience store. Jean-Charles Brisson recalled that equipment left by the Allies had been used by the 1st Army and the 2nd DB until the 1960s–1970s. The collection also included French equipment, including Renault and Laffly V15T VBLs according to the designations of the article, a mobile kitchen, as well as British and Canadian vehicles. An amphibious GMC made it possible to inflate or deflate the tires from the driver's seat. Prototypes from military tenders and two aerotrains belonging to another association were also housed on site.

The machines went out for Heritage Days, festivals, parades, regimental open doors and fairs. For the 70th anniversary of the Landing, Christophe, member of Univem and organizer, was preparing a rally in Vierville-sur-Mer from June 2 to 8, 2014. On four hectares were to meet French, Belgian, Dutch, German and British collectors and teams for reconstructions of maneuvers. More than a hundred vehicles were already registered and a convoy to Sainte-Mère-Église was planned.

The club favored a sponsorship: the one who restored a machine became his privileged driver. To pay the rent, buy parts and keep the association alive, the hangar also welcomed owners of vintage cars who came to work on their vehicles. The report evoked Hotchkiss, buses from the 1960s and the cars of a collector solicited by the cinema. Bernard, a member met on site, insisted on mutual aid and a shared passion beyond differences in age or social background.

The box indicated 170 members and an annual fee of €60, with availability for work or events. He gave the coordinates 01 39 53 19 40 and www.univem-paris.com, and referred to www.dday2014.fr for the Vierville rally.

The report also announced Rétromobile, from February 5 to 9 at Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles: 400 exhibitors, a hundred clubs and more than 500 cars, including the centenary of the 1914-1918 war and maharajas cars. The hat presented it as the 30th edition and the box referred to www.retromobile.com. The article is signed by Laure Bazantay, in Satory.

Two hundred Harley-Davidsons crossed the towns of Omaha Beach, attracting enthusiasts and curious people. Their parking for an hour on the waterfront somewhat slowed down traffic.

At the request of bikers happy to participate in this gathering, the mayor of Vierville-sur-Mer, Antoine de Bellaigue, and his deputy Daniel Laronche posed for a photograph with the group.

Two hundred Harley-Davidsons crossed the towns of Omaha Beach, attracting enthusiasts and curious people. Their parking for an hour on the waterfront somewhat slowed down traffic.

At the request of bikers happy to participate in this gathering, the mayor of Vierville-sur-Mer, Antoine de Bellaigue, and his deputy Daniel Laronche posed for a photograph with the group.

An exhibition of model vehicles and other military objects attracted modeling enthusiasts and simple curious people to Vierville-sur-Mer. By the end of the day, the organizers had counted at least 460 visitors.

Labeled for the seventieth anniversary of the Landing and the Battle of Normandy, the festival "Sacred voices, roads of freedom" announced seven concerts from June 14 to 20 in places linked to 1944. The program brought together French and foreign professional artists and reserved an important place for young performers, presented as bearers of a path to peace. Aperitif concerts and conferences completed the event.

On Saturday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m., the choir of the St. George's Anglican Church in Paris was expected at the church of Arromanches for an English program from the 16th and 17th centuries: Gibbons, Byrd, Bennett and Morley. On Sunday 15, at 5 p.m., the Maîtrise des Pays de Loire was to perform at the church of Vierville, with Vivaldi's Gloria, Bach's sixth cantata and Charpentier's Nisi Dominus.

On Monday, June 16, the Petit Chœur de l'Orphéon offered at 7:30 p.m., at the Château de Creully, an aperitif-concert of songs about peace. At 8:45 p.m., Stéphane Chmelewsky, former diplomat and secretary general of Franz Stock's friends, was to give a lecture on Abbé Franz Stock's path to Europe, the birth of the European idea and its role in peace and exchanges between peoples.

On Tuesday 17, the Port-en-Bessin festival hall hosted an aperitif-concert of the Big Band of Bayeux at 7:30 p.m. At 8:45 p.m., Étienne Marie-Orleach, doctor in contemporary history, was to evoke the daily life of the French during the Second World War, the Landing and the aftermath of the Liberation through testimonies. For these two evenings, participants could bring their picnic.

On Wednesday 18, at 8:45 p.m., Mylène Bourbeau, soprano, Émilie Mory, violinist, and a Canadian baroque ensemble were announced at the church of Graye-sur-Mer for cantatas by Clérambault and Jacquet de la Guerre. On Thursday 19, at the same time, the children's choir of Paderborn Cathedral was to sing in Isigny-sur-Mer: Gregorian, Palestrina, de Lassus, Mendelssohn, Bruckner and Duruflé. The baroque ensemble Les Voyageurs closed the program on Friday 20 at 8:45 p.m., at the church of Crépon.

Concerts were offered at ten euros, or eight euros from three purchases, with a reduced rate of six euros, especially for members of the ADTLB and Omaha Bedford, beneficiaries of the RSA, unemployed and students. Under the age of fifteen were welcomed free of charge. Aperitifs-concerts and conferences were free, with free participation. Reservations were then made with the ADTLB at 02 31 22 17 44.

Labeled for the seventieth anniversary of the Landing and the Battle of Normandy, the festival "Sacred voices, roads of freedom" announced seven concerts from June 14 to 20 in places linked to 1944. The program brought together French and foreign professional artists and reserved an important place for young performers, presented as bearers of a path to peace. Aperitif concerts and conferences completed the event.

On Saturday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m., the choir of the St. George's Anglican Church in Paris was expected at the church of Arromanches for an English program from the 16th and 17th centuries: Gibbons, Byrd, Bennett and Morley. On Sunday 15, at 5 p.m., the Maîtrise des Pays de Loire was to perform at the church of Vierville, with Vivaldi's Gloria, Bach's sixth cantata and Charpentier's Nisi Dominus.

On Monday, June 16, the Petit Chœur de l'Orphéon offered at 7:30 p.m., at the Château de Creully, an aperitif-concert of songs about peace. At 8:45 p.m., Stéphane Chmelewsky, former diplomat and secretary general of Franz Stock's friends, was to give a lecture on Abbé Franz Stock's path to Europe, the birth of the European idea and its role in peace and exchanges between peoples.

On Tuesday 17, the Port-en-Bessin festival hall hosted an aperitif-concert of the Big Band of Bayeux at 7:30 p.m. At 8:45 p.m., Étienne Marie-Orleach, doctor in contemporary history, was to evoke the daily life of the French during the Second World War, the Landing and the aftermath of the Liberation through testimonies. For these two evenings, participants could bring their picnic.

On Wednesday 18, at 8:45 p.m., Mylène Bourbeau, soprano, Émilie Mory, violinist, and a Canadian baroque ensemble were announced at the church of Graye-sur-Mer for cantatas by Clérambault and Jacquet de la Guerre. On Thursday 19, at the same time, the children's choir of Paderborn Cathedral was to sing in Isigny-sur-Mer: Gregorian, Palestrina, de Lassus, Mendelssohn, Bruckner and Duruflé. The baroque ensemble Les Voyageurs closed the program on Friday 20 at 8:45 p.m., at the church of Crépon.

Concerts were offered at ten euros, or eight euros from three purchases, with a reduced rate of six euros, especially for members of the ADTLB and Omaha Bedford, beneficiaries of the RSA, unemployed and students. Under the age of fifteen were welcomed free of charge. Aperitifs-concerts and conferences were free, with free participation. Reservations were then made with the ADTLB at 02 31 22 17 44.

Created in 2004 by Michel Brissard, the association Les Passerelles d'Omaha celebrated its tenth anniversary with its members, the mayor and the municipal council. About thirty people attended the unveiling of a plaque in memory of the founder.

The mayor recalled that these footbridges were destined for destruction and that Michel Brissard's tenacity had made it possible to save them to testify to the Landing.

On Friday, May 16, the trawler carrying Le Défi had put up a naval cannon in his nets. Daniel Tréfeu, curator of the Omaha Beach Memorial Museum in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, announced his identification and his arrival at the museum in early July, after restoration.

It was a four-inch, 102 mm gun, built by Vickers in 1913 and installed at the steer of the Broadsword Empire. The museum already had many documents on this ship as well as a 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun from the board.

The article retraced the history of the building, built in the United States in 1942 and then sold to the British as part of the loan-lease. Presented as a Victory Ship, slightly larger than a Liberty Ship, it carried 1,500 men and their LCA barges. At the dawn of June 6, he had put his barges in the water in front of Hermanville to land the first wave of the British 3rd Infantry Division on Sword Beach. He then made four crossings to bring American reinforcements to Omaha.

On Sunday, July 2, 1944, after dropping off men at Utah Beach, he joined a convoy departing from Omaha. Around 6 p.m., in front of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, two mines had hit him. In a letter of June 30, 1945, the cannoner Jones described two explosions, the stay on starboard, the Bofors cannons and the four-inches passing overboard, and LCAs projected forty meters away. The newspaper reported that 170 crew members had been recovered and seven had perished.

The walks in military vehicles proposed by the organizers of the Dog Green Camp were a great success. Many visitors, including children, took advantage of these outings and asked questions about the operation and history of the vehicles.

The walks in military vehicles proposed by the organizers of the Dog Green Camp were a great success. Many visitors, including children, took advantage of these outings and asked questions about the operation and history of the vehicles.

La Renaissance–Le Bessin of Tuesday, July 29, 2014 reported a ceremony organized the previous Thursday in honor of Donald Mac Carthy. This ninety-four-year-old veteran had landed on the beach of Vierville in 1944. Local elected officials, other veterans, family members, flag bearers and tourists had gathered in large numbers.

The French consulate in Boston wanted to decorate him with the Legion of Honor. He had agreed on condition that he received this distinction in Vierville, where he had landed seventy years earlier.

In an emotional speech, Mayor Antoine de Bellaigue recalled the place of the Legion of Honor in the national heritage and the values it embodies. He expressed his gratitude to the veteran for the regained freedom and the pride of the municipality to welcome him for this surrender.

Mrs. Casali, herself decorated, gave him her own Legion of Honor. Donald Mac Carthy, deeply touched, could not hold back his tears. After a moment of recollection during the national anthems, Philippe Josse, president of Omaha Bedford, Marsha Smith, president of Normandy Allies, and Antoine de Bellaigue laid a wreath at the monument with the veteran.

La Renaissance–Le Bessin of Tuesday, July 29, 2014 reported a ceremony organized the previous Thursday in honor of Donald Mac Carthy. This ninety-four-year-old veteran had landed on the beach of Vierville in 1944. Local elected officials, other veterans, family members, flag bearers and tourists had gathered in large numbers.

The French consulate in Boston wanted to decorate him with the Legion of Honor. He had agreed on condition that he received this distinction in Vierville, where he had landed seventy years earlier.

In an emotional speech, Mayor Antoine de Bellaigue recalled the place of the Legion of Honor in the national heritage and the values it embodies. He expressed his gratitude to the veteran for the regained freedom and the pride of the municipality to welcome him for this surrender.

Mrs. Casali, herself decorated, gave him her own Legion of Honor. Donald Mac Carthy, deeply touched, could not hold back his tears. After a moment of recollection during the national anthems, Philippe Josse, president of Omaha Bedford, Marsha Smith, president of Normandy Allies, and Antoine de Bellaigue laid a wreath at the monument with the veteran.