Dangling on D-Day: John Steele’s Miraculous Survival in Sainte-Mère-Église On D-Day, June 6, 1944, paratrooper John Steele’s parachute snagged on a church steeple in Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy. Dangling helplessly for two hours, he feigned death as the battle raged below. Remarkably, a mannequin still hangs from the steeple today in his honor. Steele was part of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, dropped behind enemy lines to secure strategic towns. Inten
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This is the story of John Steele, a paratrooper who landed on the church steeple in Sainte-Mere-Eglise on D-Day morning. He was the only paratrooper captured in Sainte-Mere-Eglise that morning, as the others were killed. John Steele later escaped and returned to his unit. He is a legend today, forever immortalized on the church steeple in Sainte-Mere-Eglise. #dday #NormandyTrip #WW2History #NormandyInvasion #DdayAnniversary #WW2Travel #NormandyBeaches #DdayLandings #WW2Normandy #NormandyTour #Dd
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