Probably in the very first days after June 6 A convoy goes back through Vierville. These GMCs may have landed from the stranded LST on the beach. — Yves Cordelle Collection, reference 86.
Images of Vierville during the summer of 1944 See also p. 83
(details) Probably in the very first days after June 6th(details) A convoy goes up through Vierville. These GMCs may have landed from the LST stranded on the beach in the distance
September 3 (?)1944, these 2 photos are taken from the bunker with 50mm cannon
(details) 11 September 44. The foot of the Vierville descent with maintenance facilities(details) It was this hangar that was given to the commune at the end of 1944 and was raised to serve as a cinema and then as a museum.
(details)A duck goes up from the beach on the road down Vierville
(details) Aside from a deformed bridge, an artificial "Lobnitz" self-elevating platform range, used for docking open-door LSTs (wrecks of storm)(details)Details after the storm
In 1984, a dock that was attached to the "Lobnitz" self-elevating platforms. A second dock of this type was on the low-sea leash facing the Gambier house. It was carried away by the Waste pickers around 1950.(details)Around June 17th the walkways "Whale" in front of the ruins of the villa Mary(details) Around June 23, after the stormUnder the descent of Vierville, the outlet of the west bridge of 40t, that intended for medium tanks.
(details) The outlet of the 25t walkway from the center, just west of the villa Curto
(details) View of the centre of the village from the church bell tower. This photo dates from September 1944, taken by Georges Chedal-Anglay. The Americans are still there, we see their cargos wet off and some (7) Phoenix pontoons off the offshore dyke, not destroyed by the storm of 20 June.The village seen from the top of the tall cypress of Than mansion. The photo (a set of 2 pictures) was taken by an American. One can notice the great emptiness on the crossroads where the post office and the school disappeared after the German bombardment of 7 June.(details) The West Crossing of Phoenix Bridges and the Remains of Bridges in Fall 1949
(details) around 8 July 44 the quarry of Vierville is operated to supply road materials, after having served to house the PC of the 29th Division(details)Details Summer 44 in Vierville, career and transfer position DUKW/GMC(details) The DUKW transfer station on the trucks, in the descent of ViervilleThe descent of Vierville, the trucks descend by the way of the Côtis "This is the road back from empty trucks and ducks. The other road is on the left. The ducks bring the cargo to the cranes in the center, the cranes transfer the loads on the trucks and the ducks go back to the right looking for a new cargo".
The descent of Vierville is seen from the sea to the telephoto lens. A convoy of trucks and ducks were seen coming down a track drawn in the field opposite the castle. In the back, the castle wood.
(details) Demining of the field slopes facing the castle, July 7, 44 (note the condition of Mulberry Harbour after the storm)(details) Demining (a "bundling" S mine) in the descent of Vierville(details) The road to the junction of Vierville, in front of the Bricsart Field Wall, on the right
(details)A failed LCT in front of the villas(details)An LCT loaded with ammunition in front of the Hardelay villa
See also the story of GI Joe Bossi of the 7304th Truck Company,cantoned at the Isle farm at the Ygouf in Vierville. She had an echo in West France. His daughter returned in 2001 and was able to find this farm with the help of the newspaper.
Joe Bossi on the horse "Napoleon" of the Ygouf farm, IslesJoe Bossi and the little Jean Skrygnarz, son of a farm worker
Military Auditor, 11 July 44, Vierville probablyLouis, mascot of a local unit, around 7 July, Vierville probably
Vierville beach seen from WN73 shortly after the departure of the Americans
sketch drawn by an GI of an air engineering battalion, showing the Vierville junction
(details) GI en route to a meal near the ruins of the Hardelay villa(details) Black Soldiers of Transport Units, including Duck CompaniesAn American camp, probably that of the Navy on the cliff between Vierville and St-Lauent
Viewed from the bell tower, by an GI, it seems that 2 photos are superimposedNovember (?) 44, activity decreased well
(details) in front of the ruined villas of Viervilleseen after the storm(details) On this view of July 12, 44, we see the castle wood and the Fossé Gras field occupied by tents and vehicles. (video clip)Vierville seen from airplanes after the storm, the castle and its park were recognized, July 44the start of the anti-tank wall at the foot of the descent of ViervilleIn front of the land of the Godard family, around 8 June, the Belgian gates were gathered. Notice the strong pebble slope, which no longer exists, having been exploited to impinge the roadsThe Hardelay villa, notice the sand and pebble slope that was spread against the dike, and the sign sign on the cliff (Dog Green/Dog White boundary)
The descent road to the sea(details) An LCT is approaching the descent of Vierville. There are the ruins of the Casino and the Cusinberche and Mary villas
(details) A floating breakwater "Bombardon" stranded under the cliff, after the storm.
Paul Houyvet with an American soldier's suit
(details) A LCT approaches the villa Chevalier on the right a barge of the CB (Seabees)(details)(details)The beginnings of the 3 gateways, around June 18
EXTRACTS FROM A FILM
A British LCT is approaching Vierville, in front of the remains of the anti-tank wall on the right. On the left, the beginning of the seafront dam
A GMC crosses the wall
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Still in front of the wall, an LCI disembarks troops from the 2nd Infantry Division, 8 or 9 June
The 7 photos below show a Tank Destroyer M10 crossing the anti-tank wall of Vierville in front of the 2nd ID infantrymen who just landed (8 or 9 June)
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The same 2nd I.D. soldiers (Indian Head)
The LCT bridge coming in front of Vierville2 The anti-tank wall is clearly visible behind the Tank Destroyer47
