Talk:Battle of Graignes

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[edit] Good meaty article, but...

I feel there's a couple of things wrong with it. Firstly, the title refers to a place, not an event and the article is about an event. Also, it has little to no formatting, or references. If you don't know how to do references, here's a guide. Of course, this is all just my opinion. It's obvious someone took a long time over this, and I'm sure the content is correct and verifiable, but it could be so much better. Thanks for your time. Liam.

I've moved the article to Battle of Graignes, although I'm not sure if this title is the most appropriate. Korg (talk) 20:07, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Agreed, great article, lots of information

The town of Graignes was as much of an 'event' to the men and women who fought and died there as it was a name of a town. To title it aptly as an event the word 'massacre' would need to be added, however i feel this might take away from the heroic stand made by the American Airborne forces and French Civilians that were sacrificed there after a hard, week long fight.

The formatting could be done better, hopefully someone with some formatting mojo will come along and fix that up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metronil (talk • contribs) 14:32, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I Visited Graignes

I was first introduced to Graignes in June 1998, by a Norman friend who asked if I could help get the story out to the American people. As we drove up the winding road to "la Memorial," the church that today is a living memorial to those townspeople and American soldiers who were massacred by the SS troopers. What a feeling to stand in the cemetery and look down upon the fields below, knowing that at that very spot men and women had fought for their lives. To see the names of both French and Americans on the tablet in gold really gave me pause to reflect on those days 54 years before. Everyone should know the story of Graignes and the atrocities that occured there.

When I returned home to the USA I wrote to Tom Brokaw, news personality and author of "The Greatest Generation." I told him about Graignes and asked if he could get the story about this sacred place to the American people. It wasn't until the 60th anniversary commemorations of D-Day, in June 2004, that Mr. Brokaw aired a special one hour memorial documentary from Normandy. Low and behold, he visited Graignes and told the story. Today, more and more people are aware of what occured and are helping to remember those days of horror.

In 2004, while in Normandy to visit my dad's P47 crash site memorial in Cherbourg-Octeville, my wife and I drove to Graignes to pay our respects. This was her first visit to the site.

Sincerely, Harry P47Harry (talk) 14:31, 17 May 2008 (UTC)