PARATROOPERS JUMP OVER SAINT MERE EGLISE AS PART OF ACTIVITIES TO MARK 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY.
Some 600 American and French paratroopers jump, June 5, 2004 over La Fiere, near Sainte-Mere-Eglise to commemorate the liberation of the village by the 82nd and the 101st U.S. Airborne Divisions on June 6th 1944. Veterans and World leaders will gather June 6, 2004 for ceremonies celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Allied landing in Normandy. REUTERS/Charles Platiau CP/JES/AA