Het originele bijschrift luidt: 'French villagers tend American graves. Villagers of St.

Het originele bijschrift luidt: 'French villagers tend American graves. Villagers of St. Mere Eglise, pause at the graves of U.S. airborne troops who died in taking the first landing strip for the U.S. Army Air Forces in Normandy. The graves were dug by the villagers and bunches of flowers were picked by the children and placed on each. The white-haired man in the center is a doctor who said he was more grateful for the Allied landings than anything else in his life.'