Sainte-Mere-Eglise: the paratrooper hanging from the steeple
Shot
2017
11/25
Publication
2019
06/03
NIKON D810, 24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0 @
f/5.6 1/60,
ISO 64
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The steeple of Sainte-Mere-Eglise church with the mannequin of paratrooper John Steele hanging. On D-Day night, Steele remained caught on the steeple for two hours playing dead, while his comrades of the 82nd Airborne Division fought in the streets below.
