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No one here's big on WWII history I take it.

Phil's closest, Shell's closest to the name. I'm looking at my map to find Nick.

101st Airborne, d-day, some what famous soldier hanging around until he went deaf. Famous enough they still have him, or a mock of of him, still hanging there.

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Found Nick, split the difference between Phil and Nick and you'll find me. I'm just hanging around waiting for you to let me down.

And Phil for the win!

I am hanging out in Ste-Mère-Église Private John M. Steele style-

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On the night of the D-Day (June 5-6, 1944), American soldiers of the 82nd Airborne parachuted into the area west of Ste-Mère-Église in successive waves. The town had been the target of an aerial attack and a stray incendiary bomb had set fire to a house east of the town square. The church bell was rung to alert the town of the emergency and townspeople turned out in large numbers to form a bucket brigade supervised by members of the German garrison. By 0100hrs, the town square was well-lit and filled with German soldiers and villagers when two sticks from the 1st and 2nd battalions were dropped in error directly over the village.

The paratroopers were easy targets and Steele was one of only a few non-casualties. His parachute was caught in the steeple of the village church in Ste-Mère-Église, leaving him hanging from its roof-top to witness the carnage. The wounded paratrooper hung there limply for two hours, pretending to be dead, before the Germans took him prisoner. Steele later escaped from the Germans and rejoined his division when US troops of the 3rd Battalion, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment attacked the village capturing thirty Germans and killing another eleven. For these actions and his wounds, Steele was awarded the Bronze Star for Valor and the Purple Heart.
Window from Ste. Mere Eglise Church depicting the Virgin Mary and Paratroopers descending on the town

John Steele born November 29, 1912, his Social Security card was issued in Illinois, died of cancer on May 16, 1969 in Fayetteville, NC, just two weeks short of the 25th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.

Today, these events are commemorated by the Airborne Forces Museum in Place du 6 juin in the centre of Ste-Mère-Église and in the village church where a parachute with an effigy of Private Steele in his Airborne uniform hangs from the steeple. Bullet holes are still visible in the church's stone walls. Inside, there are stained glass windows, with one depicting the Virgin Mary with paratroopers falling in the foreground.

Though injured and deafened by the church bells, Private Steele survived his ordeal. He continued to visit the town throughout his life and was an honorary citizen of Ste. Mère Église. The tavern, Auberge John Steele, stands adjacent to the square and maintains his memory through photos, letters and articles hung on its walls.

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Someday I'm going to visit the beaches of Normandy and a few of these towns where so many gave so much. Also planning on seeing a Nazi concentration camp museum. After that I think I'll need to spend a few days or a week in some of the Italian beach towns Shell spoke of above.

You up Phil, go hide.

I still got cable to run.

i had trouble with the blind guy...

ok, where am i?

clues...

birthplace, 19th century..

You had trouble with the blind guy?

NH?

Thanks John Steele, and all the other soldiers, too.

U.S.?

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Originally Posted by Tully Mars (Post 2648882)

You had trouble with the blind guy?

NH?

i'm so stupid - i saw "deaf" and read "blind..."

tully - yes

nick - yes

east of the river...

north of 40...

golfing, back this afternoon...

Atlantic coast state.

Morning Shell.

Top'o the mornin' to you all!

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Originally Posted by uncle phil (Post 2648863)

...birthplace, 19th century..

was this person a president of the US?

...hey, good morning but....guess we'll have to check back later....see ya'll in the other threads :wave:

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Originally Posted by Shell (Post 2649105)

looks like the unc would rather play with his balls...

Better him then me.

I have to go change the address on my FM-3 Visa. Given this is Mexico I could be back later this morning or early tomorrow.

...hey, tully, :p i chickened out and edited that out...grrr, ...lol...now my lily white persona is tainted...and you left off the reference to playing golf...what am i gonna' do wit you...ya want i should make ya watch anudder chick flick???

was the person born where you are a literary figure?

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