The black and white photos show Gavray after the bombing during WWII. The color ones are what the town looks like now. The main road ends T-bones plaque site, which is right at the bridge over the Sienne. More on the bridge in a later post.

Here are photos of the ceremony of the unveiling of the plaque dedicated to my uncle. LL Doan got out of his tank during a firefight on German machine guns… and waded across the river took out a couple of German machine guns nests and an 88 battery. This led the 3rd Armored Division to advance through the rest of occupied France into German and to close the gap. For this received the French Legion of Honor and the the Distinguished Service Cross.

I was honored to raise the American Flag at the ceremony. My first cousin once removed, John Stout, LL’s grandson raised the flag with me.

In a later post, I’ll talk about the Bailey Bridge enactment by the 297th Engineering Regiment.

The lady in the Deuce and a half is Helen Patton, General Patton’s granddaughter. Some of you that were in Vietnam, may have served under her father 11th Calvary.