US paratroopers dash over Mont Saint-Michel for D-Day 75th anniversary

Some 135 US Armed Forces soldiers parachuted over the Merveille on Saturday, May 18, 2019, watched by 1,500 spectators. A “remembrance” performance which has been repeated on June 6 for the commemorations of the Battle of Normandy.  Among these soldiers, Sergeant Major Matt Kitchin, from US Special Forces, has just parachuted. This American soldier, smiling, confides on this experience: "This is the best place in France to jump.” His grandfather was a paratrooper at Sainte-Mère-Église in 1944.

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60 days before the 75th Anniversary, still no information about hypothetical international ceremony

The day of the commemoration of June 6, 1944, in Normandy, is always a special moment. Municipalities must organize their ceremony as well as accommodation for veterans. But this year, the municipalities of Normandy do not know where they stand. Will there be, yes or no, an international ceremony for the commemoration of the landing on June 6? And where? There is uncertainty at three months of D-Day's tribute ceremonies. Municipalities cannot therefore precisely organize their own ceremony. Time is also pressing for accommodation as they will have to find how to accommodate the veterans who have come for the 75th anniversary of the landing. Hotels are already often full or overpriced.