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Photographer: Donald W. Olson
Taken: August 18, 2012
Caption: Panorama of La Fière Bridge
Additional Description: Today’s picturesque scene looked much different on June 6, 1944. The Merderet River had been flooded by the Germans to impede any advance of Allied troops; the river became 500 yards wide, and General Gavin described the road as looking more like a causeway. Click to enlarge.
Submitted: September 24, 2012, by Roger W. Sinnott of Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
Database Locator Identification Number: p220845
File Size: 0.437 Megabytes

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