Church of Angoville-Au-Plain

Church of Angoville-Au-Plain On D-Day June 6, 1944 and the days that followed, the church was used as a medical aid station by men of the famed 101st Airborne Division. They surrendered.

This is the unofficial page for the Church. As of now, no official page has been created. This is a 12th Century church in the tiny hamlet of Angoville-au-Plain. This church has huge significance. It was in this church that two American Medics, Bob Wright and Ken Moore, who were with the 501st set up an aid station after landing in Normandy. Wright and Moore treated an estimated 82 men, including

several Germans, in this church, and a wounded child. The area was unsecured for many hours and German patrols entered the church on at least two occasions, and Wright and Moore ordered them to leave their guns outside or to leave the church. Incredibly, the Germans did. Eventually, the area was secured and many of the wounded were evacuated, but two died in the church. Two days after D-Day, while medics were treating men, they heard a creak. A hidden door opened up and out came two German soldiers who'd been hiding in the church.

25/12/2023
26/05/2014

Today we commemorate the men and women that gave their lives in order for us to be free.

09/05/2013

Almost forgot... Happy V-E Day!!!

D-Day Trip
30/07/2012

D-Day Trip

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