The Vire River Bridge - Airel, France
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John O'Brien "stands guard"
at the entrance to the bridge, which was a little more busy on
the night of July 7, 1944, according to Spearhead in the West
(page 67), where " ... Combat Command "B", led
by Brig. Gen. John J. Bohn, crossed the Vier River at Airel under
heavy shell fire. Division MP's remained at their posts to direct
traffic over the Vire bridge in a rain of explosives. The action
which began here was a baptism of fire for CCB ..." In 1994,
the mayor of Airel showed O'Brien where the 3AD plaque would
be conspicuously installed on a concrete column at one end of
the bridge. |
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