Saturday, June 6, 2026

On This Day In History - Chapter 2

Private John Marvin Steele was the American paratrooper who landed on the pinnacle of the church tower in Sainte-Mère-Église, the first village to be liberated by the United States Army during Operation Overlord on June 6, 1944.

In the third photo that is him second from the right.... 

 

photo - US Army

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