(slideshow) The paratrooper who landed on a church: The story behind D-Day’s ‘Longest Day’ - Page 2

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The Sainte-Mère-Église church

The parachute of John Steele of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment got caught on the spire of the Sainte-Mère-Église church, which dates from the 12th century.

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