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who lived in Ste-Mère-Eglise.

‘A fire broke out in a house at about 10 p.m. (midnight British time). A German sergeant gave Mayor Alexandre Renaud permission to rouse the populace and for the priest to ring the church bell. The people set up a bucket brigade in the light of the flames. As they were fighting the fire, American planes appeared low overhead, so low that I could see their open doors. Paratroopers began jumping out by the hundreds. I saw one paratrooper drop on the road, but a German killed him before he could get untangled from his parachute. Another was killed near me. I will never forget the sight.’