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Angoville au Plain

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Manche

Canton
  
Carentan

Area
  
5.68 km²

Region
  
Normandy

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Lô

Intercommunality
  
Baie du Cotentin

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Angoville-au-Plain is a former commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Carentan-les-Marais. It was one of the least populated communes in Manche.

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Map of 50480 Angoville-au-Plain, France

It is home to a church that was used by 2 US Army Medics as an aide station during the Battle of Normandy in World War II. Robert Wright and Ken Moore of the 101st Airborne treated a mix of 80 injured American and German wounded Soldiers and a child. Blood stains are still visible on the pews. Two stained glass windows commemorate the 101st Airborne Division, the first one is dedicated to the two medics of the 2nd Battalion of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (101st Airborne Division). The second one honoured the American parachutists.

References

Angoville-au-Plain Wikipedia


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