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Please visit the Saint-Lo and La Manche web sites.

The Liberation of Saint-Lo.

Major Howie Memorial.

Major Howie's bust.

Saint-Lo, "La capitale des ruines".

Gen. Gerhardt : on July 18, 1944, after 43 days of of incessant combat following its landing on Omaha Beach, the 29th Division, under the command of Gen. Charles Hunter Gerhardt, entered Saint-Lo.

"To the memory of the victims of the bombardment that destroyed the city of Saint Lo - June 6, 1944" - inscribed on the medieval ramparts of Saint Lo, Normandy.

http://worldatwar.net/article/overlord/

July 18, 1944 - U.S. troops reach St. Lô.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/st-lo.htm

U.S. Soldiers in Saint-Lo (1944).

Eglise (church) Notre-Dame (nowadays).

La Chapelle de la Madeleine

Please contact Mr. Igor Letribot at igorl64@aol.com for further information about the Liberation of Saint-Lo.

Please contact the Saint-Lo communication department at sce.tourisme@mairie-saint-lo.fr.

Updated August 31, 2000 by P. Fize
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