Hi Stuart, That sounds like the church in Ste Mere Eglise and was a live paratrooper not one of the dummies. From the website: http://www.normandybattlefields.com/img31_mere_eglise.htm "Private John Steele's parachute caught on the steeple. He survived by feigning death until the town was occupied in the daylight hours. His parachute effigy still hangs on the steeple." Yours, Leonard H. Cizewski Son of the late PFC Felix A. Cizewski, Signal Corps, Europe, WW2 --- STUART WOOLLEY <stuart.woolley1@btinternet.com> wrote: > They have one on display in Normandy which got stuck > up a church steeple and > the Germans shot at it __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com