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  • Museum map of the Pegasus Bridge area. Pegasus and Horsa bridges are 2/3 of the way up, and span the Caen Canal and One River.

    Museum map of the Pegasus Bridge area. Pegasus and Horsa bridges are 2/3 of the way up, and span the Caen Canal and One River.

  • Pegasus Bridge

    Pegasus Bridge

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  • Pegasus Bridge

    Pegasus Bridge

    British reconnaisance photo showing location of MAJ Howard's three gliders - superb airmanship

  • The original Pegasus Bridge

    The original Pegasus Bridge

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  • Monument to Major John Howard

    Monument to Major John Howard

    The bust of Major Howard, leader of the assault on Pegasus Bridge, is just to the right of a stone-mounted plaque showing the landing site of Howard's glider.

  • The current Pegasus Bridge

    The current Pegasus Bridge

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  • Interior of a British Horsa glider

    Interior of a British Horsa glider

  • A U.S. Bailey Bridge, showing the three stages of construction

    A U.S. Bailey Bridge, showing the three stages of construction

  • Display of a communications center. Carrier pigeons provided the first reports from the the D-Day landing forces

    Display of a communications center. Carrier pigeons provided the first reports from the the D-Day landing forces

  • Chateau de Benouville

    Chateau de Benouville

    Just east of Pegasus Bridge, this maternity hospital came under fire from the British, who suspected it of housing a German sniper.

  • Cafe Gondree, the first building liberated on D-Day

    Cafe Gondree, the first building liberated on D-Day

    The proprietor, Georges Gondree, supplied information about German defenses to the British via Madame Lea Vion, who ran the hospital in the Chateau de Benouville

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