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1 Apr 8:00 Band of Brothers Day Hotel - Bus posts Operation - 82nd & 101st Airborne Actions 6a 3 Thurs 8:15 Depart hotel for La Fiere Vic Ste. Mere Egliese GI's encounter Germans for the 1st time in France 6b 3 9:00 Drop Zone Actions La Fiere c 3 9:45 LTC Timmes, 2/507th Chapel at Cauquigny Lost and Disoriented, Units scattered. Decision to Fight and Hold. 505th PIR seizes SME. German C-Atks 6d 3 10:15 PFC DeGlopper Monument vic Cauquigny 82nd Airborne MoH BG Gavin, LT John Dolan, CPT Ben Schwartzwalder LTC Timmes PFC Charles DeGlopper 6e 3 10:30 HQs, 91st Division Chateau Bernaville First General KIA GEN Falley 6f 3 11:00 Invasion Monument Picuville France Honors her Liberators 6g 3 11:30 Chef-du-Pont Memorial 2nd most important bridge 6h 3 11:45 Depart for SME Ste. Mere Eglise 6i 3 12:00 Lunch Ste. Mere Eglise Rest: Chez Jean 6j 3 13:00 Walk town square Ste. Mere Eglise First Village Liberated on 6 June 6k 3 13:30 Airborne Museum Ste. Mere Eglise Confirmed. 6l 3 15:30 Depart for Beuzeville Drive By Chateau Drive by Meehan Monument and Ambush Site LT Robt. M. Mathias LTC Ben Vandervordt PVT John Steele & LTC Ben Vandervordt SGT Robert Niland LT Meehan NOTE: The hotel for Saint-Lo is: Mercure Saint-Lo Centre 011: Page 1

2 6m 3 16:00 Attack on WXYZ 6n 3 16:00 Travel to Brecourt Manor Brecourt Manor Outnumbered and outgunned, therefore, attack the German Artillery battery. 6p 3 16:30 Travel to Monument LT Richard Winters 6q Return to Hotel Vic Saint Lo Personal Time - Dinner, etc. SSG Harrrison Summers LT Richard Winters 7a 4 13-Apr 8:00 Airborne (cont) and Utah Beach 7b 4 Fri 8:15 Depart hotel Utah Beach and Airborne (cont) Bus posts at Hotel 7c 4 9:00 Visit Azeville German Arty Museum To Be Arranged by GA 7d 4 10:30 Depart for Utah Beach German Naval Arty Btry Drive-By with short pause Lt Ohmsen 7e 4 10:45 Utah Beach Utah Beach Liberation Museum 7f 4 12:15 Utah Beach La Madeline Confirmed. BG TR, Jr. & LT Preston Niland 7g 4 12:30 Lunch Location TBD To Be Arranged by GA Sack Lunch? 7h 4 13:30 Travel to Angouville-au- Plein Visit Chapel Aid Station 7i 4 14:30 Travel to Hiesville Visit 101st ABN CP st ABN CP Page 2 LTC Howard Johnson 7j 4 14:45 Travel to Carentan Enroute Glider LZ BG Pratt 7k 15:00 Carentan Dead Man's Corner Short Stop for Orientation

3 7l 15:00 Travel to Carentan Dead Man's Corner Short Stop for Orientation 7m 4 15:15 Travel to Carentan LTC Cole and Assault on German CP Purple Heart Lane 7n 4 16:30 Return to Hotel Vic Saint Lo 7o Arrive Saint-Lo Personal Time - Dinner, etc. LTC Robt. Cole Line Day Date Time Event Omaha Beach Location Map Spot Notes Roles: Apr 8:00 1st and 29th Infantry Bus posts at hotel Divisions 8a 5 Sat 8:15 Depart hotel 8b 5 9:00 Bloody Omaha Colleville-sur-Mer c 5 9:15 WN62 The German Perspective Hein Seveloh 8d 5 10:15 Omaha Beach Vic Vierville Walk the Beach? Franz Gockel 8e 5 11:30 WN65 Vic Bus meets us at WN65 8f 5 12:15 Lunch Vic Omaha Beach Rest: La Sapiniere 8g 5 13:30 Depart for US Cemetery 8h 5 13:30 Visitors Center American Cemetery Video Introduction PVT Vincent M. Killen Page 3

4 8i 5 14:30 Wreath Laying Ceremony Visit Cemetery To Be Arranged by COL Saul 8j 15:00 Official Tour Visit Cemetery ABMC Staff 8k 5 16:00 Personal Reflection Time American Cemetery 8l 5 16:45 Depart for Saint-Lo American Cemetery Board Bus arr hotel 1715 The Germans in Apr 8:30 Normandy 9a 6 Sun 9:00 Depart hotel Depart for Omaha Beach 9b 6 9:45 9c 6 11:30 Overlord Museum - Omaha Beach Continue Omaha Beach Tour Colleville-sur-Mer St-Laurent and Vierville Confirmed National Guard Monument 9d 6 13:00 Lunch Lunch Arranged by GA Upon Completion Eat on Bus? 9e 6 14:00 German Battery Pointe-du-Hoc Ranger's Attack! 1SG Len Lommel 9f 6 15:30 Depart for Le Cambe Visit German Cemetery CPT Wittman Lecambe LT Frerking 9g 6 16:30 Visit Grainges Grainges War Crimes 9h 6 17:00 Return to Hotel Vic Saint Lo Personal Time - Dinner, etc. arrive 1730 Page 4

5 Apr 8:30 Depart Hotel Battle of the Hedgerows Personal Visit to Bayeau 10a 7 Mon 9:00 30th Inf Div Pont de St Fromond Vire River Bridge 10b 7 9:45 Panzer Lehr vs 3rd Armored Division 10c 7 10:00 Pont Herbert 10d 7 10:30 US Mechanized Cavalry vs German Le Dezert Armor attack west of St. Lo Mesnil-Durand Battle at the Church TBD 10e 7 11:30 Lunch vic St. Lo To Be Arranged by GA 10f 7 13:00 10g 7 14:00 Battle for Hill 192-2nd Infantry Division Death of Major Howie - 29th Infantry Division West of St. Georgesd'Elle Key observation point east of St. Lo PFC Killen La Madeleine Meet with Mr. Yannaghas Maj. Howie 10h 7 14:30 Egliese & Monument Saint-Lo visit TBA by COL Saul 10i 7 15:00 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion in St Lo Capture of St. Lo Urban Fight - Armor vs Armor Sgt. Walker 10j 7 16:30 Operation Cobra Breakout from St. Lo Carpet Bombing - Periers Hwy LTG Leslie J. McNair 10k 7 17:00 Visit German Cemetery Marigny Lt Gen Marcks 10l 7 17:30 Return to Hotel Vic Saint Lo arrive 1800 Page 5

6 Apr 8:00 Depart hotel Enroute Mont St Michel Tour Facilitator leads a 8 Tues 9:00 Avranches - Patton Mon. Avranches Quick Stop 11b 10:00 Visit UNESCO MSM 10:00-12:00 Tour Facilitator leads 11b 8 13:00 12:00-13:00 Lunch arranged by GA 11c 8 14:00 Arrive Saint-James US Cemetery then on to vic Mortain 11e 8 15:00 Enroute to Mortain Mortain vic MSM? Arranged by GA visit TBA by COL Saul 2nd and 3rd Armd Divs 11f 8 15:30 30th Inf Div Hill 314 2nd SS PzDiv Atk 30th Inf Div 11g 8 16:30 Return to Hotel Vic St Lo RON vic Saint Lo. Personal Time - 11h 8 19:00 Farewell Dinner Vic St Lo Arranged by GA Arrive Apr TBD Relocation Day Saint-Lo 12a 9 Weds 9:00 Depart for Chartes, and ultimatley, Paris Check out of Hotel 12b Falaise Gap Vic Trun to be arranged by COL Saul TBC 12c 1100 Depart for Chartes 2 hour drive 12d 9 13:00 Lunch arranged by GA Lunch arranged by GA 12e 9 14:00 Visit Chartes Cathederal Tour Facilitator leads 12f 9 16:00 Personal Time in Chartes Tour & shop as desired Meet bus at 1700 Page 6

7 12g 9 17:00 Depart Chartes Enroute Hotel vic Paris vic Paris CdG IAP 12h 9 19:00 Arrive Hotel Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Paris Tel: i 9 tbd Personal Time Dinner on own Paris Apr tbd Depart hotel for Paris CdG IAP Paris CdG IAP Check out of hotel. Load bus Travel to USA Page 7

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