US WWII Memorials in France

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On Saturday we stopped a a memorial for the crew of a US B26 Marauder, of the 394 Bomb Group; which was brought down by Flak on the 14/06/1944.
The memorial lies on the road to Orleans, just outside the village of Saint Peravy La Colombe.

The memorial was constructed when in 1970 a local farmer had uncovered the propellor blade that had remained buried in his field since the crash. He offered it to the village and they have built a very fine memorial to remember the crew.
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When on travle I alwasy look for memorials for various wars. Me and my family were supposed to go to Vietnam this year, although there are no US meorals, I wanted to visit places where my family members had served at and of course BOOM BOOM rock, I have picture of my uncle standing next to it and just wanted to be there in the spot where he stood.

In 2009, I took my father on his last trip before he died. I took him to the Philippines to visit family and to take him to the Bataan Death March Trail, The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, and a few other memorials in the Visayas. But he ended up in the hospital with congestive heart failure so our trip was cut short, needed to get him home one he was well enough. That was the worse experience I ever had and after living through the health care system decided it was NOT a place I would retire too.

Anyhow, I make some YouTube Videos of the trip to the Bataan Death March Trail where there are Kilometer Market along the entire routes and memorials. And a Video of The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

Bataan Death March Trip


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