Sainte-Mère Eglise – Normandy

Stained glass photography

Theater of one of the greatest exploits of military history, Sainte-Mère Eglise saw paratroopers “raining” on the village during the night of June 5 to 6, 1944. The soldier John Steele made himself famous by hanging on the steeple of the church of this small town during the operation overlord.