Stories from Normandy

Personal accounts from the beaches that changed the world
For those who walked these shores, and those who remember

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The French Teenager Who Guided the Canadians

Georges Gondrée was 17 years old on D-Day, the son of Thérèse and Georges Gondrée Sr., who ran the Café Gondrée beside the Bénouville Bridge (later Pegasus Bridge). His family had been passing ...

June 6, 1944 Georges Gondrée, Thérèse Gondrée...