US Trooos and vehicles outside Sainte-Marie-du-Mont church

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Another view of the same scene, taken from slightly further back and with more of the church in view.

The area was the location of a fierce fight between the 101st Airborne and German troops on the 6th of June witnessed by the church clock which stopped at 01:10 on the morning of the 6th of June. The steeple shows signs of a shellhole to the extreme right of the tower below the dome, it is proable that this strike during the airborne assault stopped the clock.

Same location today

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Marie_du_Mont.jpg

Note that the clock no longer appears to be there.