From: Nigel Hay -MILWEB (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Wed Apr 28 2004 - 23:42:58 PDT
Thanks for doing that -my French is improving but I couldnt tackle anything
like that!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Convoy Magazine" <convoymagazine@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 4:31 AM
Subject: [MV] MORE Normandy D translated ALL
> MORE- Actually, having read the whole thing, it leaves
> a few questions unanswered- still Bravo to him!
>
> = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
> The "D-day Association" is rebuilding a part of the
> artificial port at Vieville sur mer in a field not far
> from the sea. Five sections of the bridging have been
> reassembled by a dozen volunteers. The restoration
> will be complete in time for the June ceremonies and
> will be on display just a few hundred metres from
> where in 1944 they helped in getting Allied supplies
> ashore.
>
> They look great, says Michel Brissard with a big smile
> brightening his face. It's a smile that gets bigger
> with each passing day as the project progresses. This
> enthusiast has achieved his dream of rebuilding part
> of the artificial port at Vierville in a field offered
> by another individual Jean-Paul Hauserman, just a few
> hundred metres from where they were originally located
> in 1944. To enable the landing of vehicles and
> equipment, the Americans built an artificial harbour.
> Three roadways made up of floating bridge sections
> enable the unloading of the trucks.
>
> Of the 37 sections placed in 1944, each weighing
> between 25 and 40 tons, Michel Brissard recovered 20
> some three years ago. This was when the idea for his
> project was born. "The first problem was to recover
> all the pieces. More than 40 trucks were required.
> Then I had to find people to help with the cleaning
> and assembling." So he created the D-Day Omaha
> Associaiton, the name of his museum located at
> Vierville.
>
> FIVE SECTIONS WHOLE
>
> Soon people were coming from all over the region,
> inspired by the idea of rebuilding a small part of the
> monument that had been the artificial port, the
> biggest in Normandy, and which in a few months of its
> operation had enabled the landing of huge amounts of
> men and materiel for the Allied offensive.
> "First of all, we have to get rid of the rust, and
> then apply a special product (rust inhibiter??)
> supplied by a sponsor <<<note typical use of English
> word here- in proper french its "commanditaire>>> of
> our association. Then we assemble the pieces like a
> Meccano set. Its amazing to see the ingenuity of these
> sections built in Scotland and northern
> England..everything's easily replaceable- modular"
>
> Five sections have been rebuilt. Cement bases will be
> poured and the section placed on top as if floating
> above the ground "I negotiated with EDF <<electrical
> authority in France??>> for lighting" Michel Brissard
> has some other plans as well to highlight the site. It
> will not be accessible to visitors, but its close to
> the road and easily visible at no charge. "Its not
> really part of the museum, its like a memorial, a
> symbolic reminder of what once existed"
>
> It site will be inaugurated on June 9th an Michel
> Brissard plans to make it a big celebration with a
> concert, a show, and a giant screen projection for all
> those who helped in his project and who believed.
>
> CHEERS
> Marc
> Convoy and LGA
>
>
>
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