【 What is destined in the dark? The U.S. military celebrates in Normandy, happy and sad! 】
On June 8, a bus carrying U.S. soldiers crashed into a bridge in the Normandy area, injuring three soldiers and a driver, according to local television 3 and U.S. Army officials.
The accident occurred around 8 a.m. on Saturday when the bus was passing through a low-clearance tunnel located under the railway line. As the height of the bus exceeded the height limit of the tunnel, the vehicle was stuck under the railway bridge.
The three wounded soldiers were all members of the 82nd Airborne Division, a spokesman for the U.S. Army for Europe and Africa, Terry Welch, who revealed the news to the Stars and Stripes. Two of the soldiers received cuts and required stitches, and the third had neck pain and was evaluated for a possible concussion. All three soldiers were allowed to return to their units on Saturday morning.
The U.S. soldiers were in Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Authorities said the team had planned to head to the stadium to watch an American football match between the 82nd Airborne Division and the 101st Airborne Division, which was scheduled to take place between 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Welch said the other soldiers on the bus continued to walk to the playing field.
The Normandy landings, also known as D-Day, were a large-scale naval landing operation launched by the Allies in World War II on June 6, 1944, in the Normandy region of France under Nazi German occupation. This operation was the largest naval landing operation in history, marking the beginning of the Allied counteroffensive in the European theater and laying the foundation for the eventual victory over Nazi Germany.
The recent commemoration of the Normandy landings is mainly a comprehensive activity led by the United States and carried out by the Western world to commemorate this event of great historical significance and to remember the Allied soldiers who died in the operation.
