82 Airborne on D-Day 6th June 1944: Saint Marcouf Then and Now
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- 82 Airborne on D-Day 6th June 1944: Saint Marcouf Then and Now
The 82nd Airborne on D-Day feature in some of the most iconic images taken on and just after D-Day, 6th June 1944. In this episode I take you to the locations where these famous images of the 82nd Airborne were taken on and just after D-Day, and include some that have never been seen before!
I hope you enjoy this look at the 82nd Airborne on D-Day and the Then and Now images that are still discoverable to this day in Normandy.
Edit: This video features the 508th PIR of the 82nd Airborne. During WW2 their nickname was the Red Devils! It was not an exclusive name used by the British Airborne.
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This video features the 508th PIR of the 82nd Airborne. During WW2 their nickname was the Red Devils! It was not an exclusive name used by the British Airborne.
Since when has US Airborne been known as “Red Devil’s”In all my days I’ve never ever heard that reference......how odd.
@@paulandsueroberts4121correct. The British paras were given the name Red Devils by the Germans during the North African campaign, this was out of respect to the British Paras courage in battle. The 508th PIR adopted the name in 1943/44 more than likely they were aware of the nickname given to the British and subsequently copied it themselves. Whats important is the context of the nickname and where it stemmed from.
My uncle was in HQ's, 1st. Battalion 508 PIR. He landed in a swamp on D-Day. Made it through Overlord alive as an assistant machine gunner, but was killed in Holland as a bazooka man.
Thank you for sharing that, and sorry to read he was killed in Holland. If you’re able to I’d recommend finding any of Phil Nordykes books about the 82nd Airborne as I’m sure you’d really appreciate his level of research in each of them.
@@WW2Wayfinder I have read many of his books. I was very fortunate back in the late 80's and early 90's to be in communication with his comrades and was made an associate member of the 508th PIR association. I attended a reunion and was able to locate his friend who carried his body off the field in a German truck. My aunt never knew how her brother died or where. The men actually pulled out a map of Beek, Holland, and showed exactly where he was killed and where they took his body. I have several letters not only from him but one from General Gavin and Col. Lindquist to my Aunt after his death.
Thank you for providing such an interesting approach to learning history. My Dad (rip) joined the 82nd airborne fresh out of high school in 1954, inspired by WWII veterans. I learned more from him about WWll than from my history teacher. I’d imagine your work achieves the same result with young people. cheers!
My pleasure and I hope it helped to highlight the history of the Division your Father served in!
Thank you for watching.
Excellent work. Thank you
I just read where Cpt. Johnson, later Major General, retired to Williamsburg , Virginia and was killed in 1990 at the age of 71 when a car battery exploded in his face as he was working on his car. He survived combat in three wars and dies like that. Unbelievable.
That’s horrific. What a sad end for him.
So sad😢
I enjoyed this immensely and have subsribed! Thank you for all your work.
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it and welcome to the channel! Hope you enjoy my other work on here!
Excellent content.
Wow! Great episode! France looks so beautiful! Those quaint villages coupled with historic photos! Just wow!
Excellent work 👍
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 😃
Amazing mate, loved the last week. Roll on the next trip.
In 2018, I was fortunate enough to travel to Europe to visit locations where my grandfather served during WWII. I love videos like this because I was able to stand in several spots where my grandfather either took photos or had his picture taken. Since he rarely spoke about the war, it was wonderful when my grandmother unearthed these photos shortly before she passed away and we were able to use them as beacons to locate lost history. Standing in those spots allowed me to feel connected to him in a way that I had always been searching for.
Always enjoy your content and never miss them, thank you
Glad you enjoyed this one! Got lots more still to come from Normandy including places that have never been shown on CZcams before!
Another great video. Thank you.
You’re most welcome!
Fantastic as always keep up the great episodes your making.
Thanks Terry, glad you enjoyed it. St Marcouf is a wonderful spot to visit.
Fantastic! This stuff never gets old. Cheers ;)
Thank you!
Thank you!
You’re most welcome, thanks for watching!
Your short films provide an excellent source for my upcoming trip to Normandy so that I know where to go (apart from the obvious locations). Thank you for that.
Glad to help when and where I can! Marmion Farm which is 5 minutes from St Marcouf is another that you should visit if you have time!
Great history lesson,Sir . Thank you
Very interesting, to see details you point out
Dude your attention to detail is amazing!! Thanks!!
Thanks, Jon. Another excellent Then and Now. Seems we always see 101st pictures but it nice to see 82nd locations.
Very awesome, love hearing the little known stories
Thank you!
Another great then & now, cheers Jon.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it, St Marcouf is a great location and amazing how the spots remain largely unchanged!
Hi Jon
It’s fascinating to see the actual locations of so many photos that we have grown up with in numerous books and been accustomed to never even contemplating that they are still intact.
Thanks for sharing your great work mate ❤😊
Thanks Michael, the first time I visited there years ago I was captivated by the village and couldn’t believe how it had hardly changed so it was great to get back there and document it for the channel, especially this year of all years!
Great visuals of the lay of the land showing what these soldiers encountered. The advance inland was no easy task. Thanks
It's such a treat to find your content. You provide an opportunity to step back into a certain place in time that happened before my parents were born, and yet I feel an affinity for. Thank you for such a unique gift. ❤
Thank you for that! Glad you enjoy it and I’ll have lots more from Normandy over the next few weeks 😃
Another outstanding episode.
Thank you!
it must be amazing to be there at the spots where the heroes of that generation where.
Amazing to see the photos and videos of them... amazing to see that people still do care about them and that there are others out there trying to keep their memory alive
It always makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up knowing I’m stood in the same spot as those Signal Corps men who recorded these incredible images.
Strange, that was a time of intense fighting, suffering and loss of life. But your videos seem to create a hope for the "actors" in them. Well done! Thank you
Thanks!
My pleasure! Thank you for taking the time to watch!
I stayed nearby in Ravenoville Plage in May 23 and drove by the spot of the 508th with CPT Johnson every day I was there. I love the detail of all of the then and now videos! I've been updating Google Maps for my next trip this Fall. Thanks.
IT's a nice spot isn't it around that part of the coast, I was in Quineville this year and like you drove past that spot every day as I travelled around! The little cafe/bar opposite that spot is good for lunch/dinner too if you're in the area and need a bite to eat!!!
@@WW2Wayfinder I'll have to check that out this time, thanks for the tip!
I really love programs like this where you show the exact spot where the soldiers and civilian stood and chatted 80 years ago. It’s like coming back to holy ground!
Glad you enjoyed it. It’s always something very special to be stood on the same spot knowing the events that took place there all those years ago. I’ve got several more then and now episodes still to come from my recent trip to Normandy so keep an eye out for those!
I really love your videos, you always go deep down the subject this is great. Can’t wait to see the next videos coming !
Thank you! The one this week, although not quite sure when it’ll go out but likely Sunday is the Commando March from Sword Beach to Amfreville!
Great episode as always
Thank you! St Marcouf is a tiny part of the D-Day story but so iconic and it’s always nice to visit there and retrace the steps those men took all those years ago. Thanks for watching.
I really enjoy these vids
Fantastic. Awesome. Keep the great job.
Thanks a lot!
Excellent presentation, thank you.
You're very welcome!
Always great videos and narrative!
Thank you!
Thanks for this! Always thrilled to retrace the 82nd in the early days of D-Day.
Glad you enjoyed it!
It’s amazing just how many of the iconic 82nd photos from the D-Day period can be traced to 2024!
Brilliant as always
Thank you Stephen!
Great video! Really enjoyed it :)
Thank you!
Brilliant and subscribed Wayfinder !
Thank you
Thanks for sharing the history and geography lesson. I had not seen these pictures. The then and now really makes it all that much more interesting.
I think it is amazing how many of these towns and villages still resemble their original condition 80 years ago. Almost as if they are lost in time. The history you present is rich, much of which I am unaware of. My father was in the Pacific theater, but his uncle was with the 1st Infantry Division and was wounded at Normandy.
Same in England.
Good one Jon. Very well explained 👍
Glad you liked it!
:) Absolutely awesome work sir, thank you for alI your very hard work, I do wish these video's were hours longer though :)
Absolutely loved this and subsequently subscribed. You present something I’d dearly like to do myself in my own lifetime but know I never will.
Thank you Chris and welcome to the channel!
If you’re able to visit Normandy, St Marcouf, Ravenoville and Marmion Farm (video on the Normandy playlist) are all within a few minutes drive of each other and well worth seeing. Somewhat off the usual Normandy tourist trail but 100% a must given how little they’ve changed over the past 80 years!
An excellent informative video yet again,cant wait for the next one.
I am so appreciative of the work you're doing. Still hopeful I will see similar now and then of the 509th, of which my Father was an original. I have some photos from negatives I found in an envelope after he passed away in 1993. I have scanned them, but they are very faded now, but many are discernable. I can provide them to you somehow, but I'm not sure how. Let me know if you may be interested, and we can investigate how I can get them to you. Seeing all these, and knowing my Dad was part of the war effort then makes me so proud.
Great video and photos thanks lot of history
Thank you!
Good vid 👍
The Frenchman communicating with the intelligence soldiers looks like a WW1 veteran..only too happy to help against his old enemies
Awesome as always. 👍🏻
Thank you!
a different take on the war . very nice.
Great job, Jon! Much appreciated!
My pleasure. St Marcouf is a great spot and so iconic in the US Airborne D-Day story I just had to film there!
Thank you for the interesting article. It is always surprising to see the comparison of the original photos with reality. Thanks for the effort.
Glad you enjoyed it, always something very special about tracking down these locations and soaking up the history that took place there all those years ago!
It's now on my list to visit
brilliant loved it
Glad you enjoyed it!
St Marcouf is a wonderful place to visit and there’s lots of Airborne history scattered in that small area so definitely a must visit area if you’re able to get to Normandy!
This should be on tv
Thank you! I wouldn’t complain if a production company wanted to pick it up and give me a budget to make these videos on!
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for watching.
France is such a beautiful country
RedDevils!
2nd Gen 508th PIR combat vet
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Awesome! Thank you for watching!
@@WW2Wayfinder very welcome. Thank you for your continued efforts and historical trips providing a deeper dive into areas that assist with the WW2 stories etc. truly amazing.
toujours excellent, vos retours sur le terrain sont passionnants, moi aussi je préfère les endroits plus calmes! merci a bientôt
Merci!!!
Walked around that town, oct of 2023
Can you bring the 506 hat back? Mine is really showing its age and i want to buy another. 🙏🏼
Many thanks for your research and detailed presentation.
You’re most welcome Alan, thank you for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it 😃
Loved the video! Where did you get that Union Jack baseball cap?
Thank you!
My cap is from a company called Eagles and Angels. They’re US based but I found them on Instagram a few years ago and have bought several of the caps they’ve had for sale and love them all!
omg i love then and now , thank you so much , only thing is ....er hum its never long enough 😆 , thank you once again ....Shaun.
Haha thank you Shaun! I have a few more Then and Now episodes planned for the coming weeks from some different areas so hope you enjoy those too!
@@WW2Wayfinder oh you can bet your life i will !!! keep em coming !!! i absolutley love your content , thank you again for all you do , just wish i was there to experiance it all first hand !!!
Thanks for again a great video
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it 😃
@@WW2Wayfinder I placed an order at your Spring webshop to support you. Seen many of your video's, any multiple times.
Have a nice day
Oh wow thank you! I really appreciate that. Which design did you go for?
@@WW2Wayfinder us airforce T-shirt and king-tiger mug
The ' red devils ' were so named British paratroopers because of their distinctive Red Berets , not worn by anyone else in WW2. . Similarly the Green Beret the British commandos ( there weren't any others !) . They wore berets because they were all different regiments in the British Army with different headgear. What next can we expect the yanks to steal ' the ladies from hell ' wearing kilts ?
I was going to make the same point.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/508th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)
It was the Regimental ‘nickname’ of the 508th PIR. It was chosen by them because their Regimental insignia was a Red Devil!
Just google it if you doubt my words here
@sonsoffalstaff2600 See the link or Google the 508th PIR, they also had the nickname of the Red Devils.
@@sonsoffalstaff2600you mean like the British Rangers
Snafu Docs just made a video about the men from the signal corps on D-day, very interesting
Super video! Do you ever interact with locals or have the already seen the photos?
Sometimes when time permits and they want to but normally I’m trying to fit a lot in during time off from my normal day job so I’m always up against the clock but I did stop and chat to a group in a Belgium visit this past December about the events there and fortunately one spoke enough English that we could all get by!
Super że są polskie napisy.Troszke rozumiem angielski ale nie na tyle by zrozumieć każde słowo 😊
I try and put a range of sub-titles on all my videos so hopefully no one misses out!
Thank you for taking the time to watch 😃
I would ask that you please post something about the black soldiers who were on Normandy during the D-Day Invasion.
The barrage balloon unit? That was the only black unit to come ashore on D-Day. They weren't combat troops as such. They came ashore to set up barrage balloons to stop German planes strafing the beaches.
FURY FROM THE SKY. AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY!!! I used to belong to this regiment when I used to be a Paratrooper in the Army.
As ex British Army, I never knew there was another unit called this?
Just that one regiment of the 82nd. The 505th, their sister regiment were the Panthers. The nickname of the 507th, the third PIR of the 82nd escapes me but their insignia was a spider under a parachute!
Umm, the British parachute regiment are the "Red Devils"
And so are the 508th PIR of the 82nd Airborne. It was their regimental nickname. See the unit insignia in the episode - it’s a Red Devil and the men in the images were Red Devils of the 508th PIR.
Please google it though if you don’t take my word for it!
It’s no different from the berets of the Royal Marine Commandos and the U.S. Special Forces (Green Berets). And British, US and German Airborne forces today all have maroon berets as it’s a shared lineage.
The Red Devils were/are the British parry’s, pretty sure 82nd were known as the “all American!
It was the Regimental ‘nickname’ of the 508th PIR, the regiment that this video focuses on from the 82nd Airborne Div. It was chosen by them because their Regimental insignia was a Red Devil!
Just google it if you doubt my words here
The British paras were given the name Red Devils by the Germans during the North African campaign, this was out of respect to the British Paras courage in battle. The 508th PIR adopted the name in 1943/44 more than likely they were aware of the nickname given to the British and subsequently copied it themselves. Whats important is the context of the nickname and where it stemmed from.
It wasn’t until the 1980s when American Airborne units started wearing the Red Beret, nearly 40 years after the British.
If you are going to show a map, could you make it large enough for us to see what THE HELL you are talking about? Maybe highlight the places you are speaking about?
Well I did and if by now you don’t recognise the Normandy coastline and can’t equate Normandy, D-Day, Operation Overlord and the 82nd Airborne then your hard of thinking isn’t my problem.
I have a IPad so it’s not as big as a laptop but 3x bigger than a phone
Just found your channel..Fantastic dialogue..many thanks
I hope you enjoy it!
Lots of varied stuff from all over Europe on it and a lot more to come from Normandy and D-Day 80!
Outstanding then and now episode Jon, well done sir. Love seeing these sites of then and now especially those not normally covered. 🫡🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦
Thank you Troy! Got some cracking episodes planned for the next few weeks. And a load that have never been seen before on CZcams or many other places for that matter!
Thank you!
You’re most welcome! Glad you enjoyed it 😃
Thanks!
Thank you so much Steve, I really appreciate that!!!