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101st on D-DAY: The Most FAMOUS Then & Now
The 101st had a Rendezvous with Destiny in Normandy and thankfully their role in D-Day was captured for all time by men of the US Signal Corps.
One of those photos is especially famous, and possibly one of the most famous photos taken of a 101st paratrooper in Normandy! That is the photo of Wilbur Shanklin, but where was it taken and what events surrounded that location during D-Day and the following days?
In this episode of WW2 Wayfinder, I take you to Turqueville, near Sainte Mere Eglise and explain the location, the battle there and the enemy the 101st were facing there!
I hope you enjoy the episode.
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@thomasfennell7838 2 месяца назад

I find it amazing how these villages and towns of Normandy remain virtually unchanged in the 80 years since D-Day. The historical content of your presentation is quite remarkable. The intersection in the photo of the American soldier holding the surrendered German soldier remains unchanged. It's almost as if this village is lost in time. Simply put, your presentation puts us in Normandy on D-Day. Thank you for posting.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Couldn’t agree more! That part of Normandy is a wonderful time capsule! Thank you for watching!

@michelles2299 17 дней назад

Good for the French unlike Britain ruined by town planning and local councils pfffff

@daviddigital6887 2 месяца назад

The French countryside and the villages are absolutely beautiful ! Rarely can you find places that unchanged for so many years. It's almost like something out of a dream. Thanks for showing us these places and telling the stories.

@WW2Wayfinder Месяц назад

I couldn't agree more! Normandy or at least bit of it feel like a time machine and give us a great glimpse into the past thanks to the lack of modernisation around there!

@Lfg117 Месяц назад

Well done. We history buffs live vicariously thru you. Thank u.

@WW2Wayfinder Месяц назад

Thank you! Still a few more locations to come from Normandy but glad you enjoyed this one. Those crossroads at Turqueville are always a favourite of mine to stop at

@GhostRider247 2 месяца назад

absolutely fantastic !!!!!!!!!! my god man i love it !!!! thank you Shaun.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you Shaun! It's a great spot in Normandy so had to show it off and give an overview of the events there given how iconic those images are.

@sabii416 2 месяца назад

The exploits of the 101st and 82nd are always a favorite of mine, the then & now photos and drone shots paint a better understanding of a story. Thank you.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Likewise! That whole area is crammed full of small unit Airborne actions and fortunately the Signal Corps documents this small part of the troops moving through there. Thanks for watching!

@WWII-Skipabeat 2 месяца назад

WWII Wayfinder never disappoints, always absorbing, informative, and progressing my knowledge and understanding of WWII from someone who clearly has a passion for the subject and shares it - fortunately for us. WWII Wayfinder, together with JD and SNAFU are, in my view, by far the three ultimate go-to sources re WWII for a genuinely rewarding presentation where you discover a previously unknown story relating to D-Day (or later), always clearly presented and deepening not just knowledge but appreciation of what took place.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you! JD and SNAFU are definitly great channels for sure! I have a slightly different Then and Now episode out this week looking at Ep 1 and 3 of Band of Brothers and where they were filmed in the UK so straying frm the history path but only breifly!

@FeckArseIndustries 2 месяца назад

Nostalgic for my father's generation, thought provoking for mine. Wonderful work, as always. Thank you.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much!

@januszfijak7558 2 месяца назад

Znalazłem ten wlog przez przypadek w 80 rocznicę. Dziękuję robisz porządną robotę. Tak trzymaj😊 Ku chwale żołnierzą, dzięki nim żyjemy🎖️ Pozdrawiam z Polski 🇵🇱

@kevgoeswandering8488 2 месяца назад

I said it once and shall say it again, you just get better and better, simply amazing content, i appreciate all your hard work thank you

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you, that's very kind of you to say so! Just glad I'm able to share my passion with so many who enjoy it!

@DDDD-pv7fw 25 дней назад

Great video, the research done is unprecedented !! Missed going to this spot on the 80th Anniversary, but will definitely visit on the 81st Anniversary, as now I know exactly where it is .

@WW2Wayfinder 23 дня назад

Thank you! It's only a small spot but well worth it and lots of other key 101st sites in the areas so perfect to make a dy or half day in this area.

@andrewbutcher6162 2 месяца назад

I was in Normandy in May of 23 and tried to find this location and drove right through that intersection, thinking it was on the other side of the town. I'm planning on going back in the Fall and will definitely go back, now I know where it's at, thanks to you!

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

It's definitly and easy one to miss, given how so many of the lanes around there look similar to one another. I think though it is now marked on Google Maps so worth a few minutes taking a look on there to confirm it as there's nothing worse when you're in Normandy spending time trying to find a spot! I hope you have a wonderful trip when you retrun back there!!

@adamcoleCat425 2 месяца назад

Awesome love the pics . There worth 1000 words ! Awesome how nothing has changed jurasticlly just some road signs when comparing now and then . Keep up the good videos 💯👌

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thanks! Hope it helped to provide some context behind these amazing photos!

@adamcoleCat425 2 месяца назад

@@WW2Wayfinder yes sir keep it up enjoy ur videos !!

@philfyphil Месяц назад

Amazing. What a fantastic video.

@WW2Wayfinder Месяц назад

Many thanks!

@christybriggs1737 2 месяца назад

It's always such a treat to find your content in my feed. ❤❤

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Always loved visiting Turqueville so had to film there this year!

@bugs5644 2 месяца назад

nice then and now photos . never saw those.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you! It's a must seen spot if you have the chance to visit Normandy given how unchanged the area is.

@leesherman100 2 месяца назад

Another outstanding episode. Your work is as usual beyond reproach. Many thanks.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much! I love Turqville and the images that were taken there. Shanklin really does look like the ultimate 101st paratrooper!

@NDB469 2 месяца назад

Very interesting. Thank you

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

You're most welcome!

@MrTuftynut 2 месяца назад

Another excellent and interesting video. Love the 'Then & Now' comparisons and drone/bird level shots too!

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thanks! It's such an interesting area and hopefull i was able to provide a bit of context behind the incredible images that were taken there 80 years ago!

@philipcollins5440 2 месяца назад

Well done on giving us an idea of what it was liketo be there.😊

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

You’re most welcome! Hopefully provides context to the photo and shows the others that were taken plus the battle itself for the village there on D-Day and D+1!

@iansmith3894 Месяц назад

Brilliant, thank you

@WW2Wayfinder Месяц назад

You're very welcome!

@chrispig7748 2 месяца назад

Another excellent video. Thank you for explaining what happened in these places so well. You have just the right presentation for this subject

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thanks! I'm diverting from wartime history in this weeks coming episode for a look at some of the Band of Brothers filming locations so hope you like that as the areas where they filmed it were cool to visit!

@justa.american8303 2 месяца назад

Great information.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully helps to clarify those incredible images! Thanks for watching.

@habanos2000 2 месяца назад

Great content as usual!

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thanks!

@paulrobinson8263 2 месяца назад

Excellent presentation once again and thank you, great watching, Robbo 👌👍

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thanks Robbo, glad you enjoyed it!

@jbellos1 2 месяца назад

This is great stuff - the then's and now's along with the archival footage - well done, mate!

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you!!! I've always loved this spot in Turqeville eversince I first visited the spot in 2007 so had to film there on my last trip to Normandy!

@fergusabroad 2 месяца назад

You make an excellent informative well edited video sir. Really enjoy them. ✌🏻

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you! I hope you like this weeks episode. It's a slight divergence from the ususal wartime spots but it looks at the filming of Band of Brothers so all related in one way or another!

@1psychofan 2 месяца назад

Very cool knowledge in this episode! You’re so right! We see the photos but don’t know the people! I love this!

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thanks! I've always loved these photos and I was lucky enough to be staying in Turqueville during the commemorations so had to film there!

@markjones3985 2 месяца назад

Love your work and attention to detail. Great job. Thank you. Keep it coming please.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you! This weeks episode will look at Band of Brothers and some of the Then and Now locations used durng the filming of Ep 1 and Ep 3 so something a little different again but being my favourite series I had to film there!

@richardknights8797 2 месяца назад

Brilliant video, great to see those wonderful then and now images.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@ColinH1973 2 месяца назад

Very interesting indeed. Thanks for what you do and for the work you put in.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thanks Colin! Hope it provided some context to those images and gave an idea of how Turqueville appears today 80 years on.

@robmisener2786 2 месяца назад

Great video!

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@TI4438 Месяц назад

Another fantastic vid!

@WW2Wayfinder Месяц назад

Thanks! Just a small crossroads but I'm always amazed and pelased to see that it hasn't changed since June 1944!

@jas_1959 2 месяца назад

1st class presentation, loved the drone footage. Thanks, for keeping the history of these men alive !!!

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the support to to the channel as it really does help keep it all moving forward!

@AttackratUK 2 месяца назад

This really is some high quality, well researched content. Thank you for all the work that goes into producing them.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

No worries, glad I can share these places with so many like minded people! And if you're able to visit Normand it's definitly worth a ten minute stop there to take it all in!!!

@AttackratUK 2 месяца назад

@@WW2Wayfinder I go to Normandy with my mates on bikes. Visited La Fiere bridge this year, put your video on when we were back at the gite and it really explained what had happened with the lay of the land. This will be on my list for next time, I love the now and then photos. Thanks again.

@gibraltersteamboatco888 2 месяца назад

Impressive work. Thank you. imagine growing up there, with few memories of change. It would be difficult to gouge the passage of time

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Its an incredible spot to visit and I'm always drawn to it when I'm there.

@VFRSTREETFIGHTER 2 месяца назад

I'm ex B Co. 1/506th Inf. although MUCH later. Thank you for making these videos, I really enjoy them. Any information about the men that came before me is greatly appreciated.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

My Pleasure! I hope I was able to provide a bit of context ot the incredible images taken by the Signal Corps that day! Very cool that you served in the 506th as well given it's proud history!

@maryannallen9885 2 месяца назад

I always search these old film clips for my father’s face. But now, knowing that there was approximately 2000 members of the 101st 506th, It explains why I never see him.😢

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

It might be worth finding an online copy of the scrap book they made at the end of the war. This link is to a PDF copy of it, or if you prefer Google 506th Curahee Scrap Book PDF and it should come up! core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234781191.pdf

@maryannallen9885 2 месяца назад

@@WW2Wayfinder he was seriously wounded on June 13 Which is D-Day +7 that is shown in the Band of brothers when my dad was wounded 😢 newspaper clipping from his hometown, said somewhere outside the town of Carenten

@mikehall5815 2 месяца назад

Very informative as usual. Thank you for the then and now.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thanks Mike! Glad you enjoyed it! this weeks one is all about Band of Brothers so hope you enjoy that too!

@JamesHillman-sirzethio 2 месяца назад

Thank you for the work that you do

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

My pleasure! Hope it helped to expand on these incredible images and provide some context behind them!

@JamesHillman-sirzethio 2 месяца назад

@@WW2Wayfinder I've been reading/studying military history since I was 10 [currently 55] and for the last 20 years I've been focusing on the "small" stories like the ones that you give. Keep up the good work!

@user-gn5ie9zv9l 2 месяца назад

Thank you for continuing contents. From Thailand

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

You're most welcome! Very cool to know you're watching from Thailand! This weeks episode will be a Then and Now looking at one of my all time favourite series Band of Brothers and the filming locations used in the UK!

@simonwelch7899 2 месяца назад

Really interesting ‘then and now’ and great research.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@Roller_Ghoster Месяц назад

I stood there way back in 2011. I got my dad to take my photo. I had the football team I support top on lol.

@WW2Wayfinder Месяц назад

Nice!!! It’s a great spot isn’t it. The fact that it has remained so unchanged in 80 years is something I find incredible.

@runwiththerunners8152 2 месяца назад

Excellent thank you again for posting most enjoyable

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! this weeks episode is a bit different as I take a look at the filming locations for Band of Brothers!

@donl1846 2 месяца назад

I really enjoyed this one, thank you !

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Turqueville is one of those spots I alwasy get drawn to every time I visit Normandy.

@PAS_2020 2 месяца назад

Being that you love World War II history (appreciate you very much), you might really like a nostalgic radio station that streams 24:7 British Home Front Radio. It is available free streaming on the Internet and also on the TuneIn app. Wow do I love this radio station - it is hosted LIVE just like the radio our parents, grandparents, great grandparents used to listen to complete with bulletins, soundbites of the war, speeches by all our Allies, and even some German propaganda broadcasts. Even some homefront bulletins how to volunteer, how to grow vegetables in a garden, especially for vitamin C - did not know all the citrus was being sent to the front. All big band, swing, love songs. If any of us have WW II veterans in our family, or in [compassionate] facilities would probably love it. I am young and play it all day long in the background while I work. So refreshing from today’s rock, jazz, rap, emo, stressed out music. Super authentic. Relaxing.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you! I'll have a look for it!

@WWII-Skipabeat 2 месяца назад

Wow, had no idea about this, sounds amazing, will follow up for sure. Was recently watching the YT I’ve got a gal in Kalamazoo video but a whole channel, beyond delighted : )

@johnsimms4501 2 месяца назад

Very well done.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@RobJones262 2 месяца назад

Names to faces is always a bonus. Do we know if Wilbur survived the war? Thankyou again for showing us this time capsule ;)

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

He did! He passed aways in the 90's so he lived to a good old age!

@richardswan9717 2 месяца назад

As always, very well done. 👍

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thanks! Hopefully gives some context to these well known images!

@magic1968 2 месяца назад

Thank you for all you give 👍

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

You’re most welcome!

@javieralexander1558 2 месяца назад

I recently subscribed to your channel and I love how much detail you put in them. It’s unbelievable how vast this war was and how many stories there are

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you! Hope you’re enjoying the channel and I hope this episode gave you an insight into these incredible photos that were taken on D+1 and just how unchanged that area is 80 years on!

@darrenmerritt2744 2 месяца назад

Perfectly done, great episode

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@joesanchez979 2 месяца назад

Excellent pictures😊

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Glad you like them!

@giljeep 2 месяца назад

je connaissais les photos (sauf celle avec les chevaux) j'y retourne cet été, grâce a vous je sais ou aller!!! merci pour la vidéo.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

You're most welcome, glad i was able to show you a new photo from that location!!!

@Great_Sandwich 2 месяца назад

0:48 - _"Yes, Sir."_

@suepalin9202 2 месяца назад

Thanks, Jon, for another poignant video from the Normandy campaign. When I see Ike speaking to those airborne troops, I wonder how many of them survived, went home to their loved ones and rebuilt their lives after the horrors of WW2.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you Sue!

@johnhalley974 2 месяца назад

Great vid, enjoyed it…But are there any coming which deals with the battle for Normandy?…D day was just one day, a great day. But I’m more interested in the rest. Carentan, St Lo breakout, Mortain, Carnage at Caen and Falaise. I hope these will be coming.👍

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Oh don't worry I have some Battle for Normandy content coming along with retracing the German retreat post the Falasie Gap which has never been seen on RU-vid before!

@johnhalley974 2 месяца назад

@@WW2Wayfinder look forward to it

@dmmchugh3714 2 месяца назад

Great video, I'm trying to learn more about the D-DAY actions in the towns closest to the beaches. A question: why would they stage the photos ? Sorry to be a dolt on this question. I did not realize these were staged.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Not a problem! All for propoganda purposes so the papers could use the images to help bolster the morale of the folks back home.

@gibraltersteamboatco888 16 дней назад

Just read an old article about 101st dispatching 30 prisoners they had taken from Ost-Bataillon 795 at Audouville-la-Hubert. Any thoughts?

@firstcitytraveler 2 месяца назад

Great video, but you never answered whether the US prisoners were liberated upon the German surrender.

@WW2_X2 2 месяца назад

Nice video

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@raphael-t1v 10 дней назад

As you mentioned, the last shot is not so well known and really show the propaganda purpose of that scene!sometimes I wonder how those guys found the time to pose for the newspapers in the middle of a fight ! Great stuff

@alfiedog2942 2 месяца назад

Seems the Americans took more footage and photos than the British. Unless I stand corrected, great videos as usual, I’ve travelled to Normandy several times and participated in the liberation March but would like to do the same in the British sector if they do have a similar event with hundreds of reenactors . I enjoyed your commandos march / memorial walk 👍

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

I think the availbilty of film was certainly easier for American forces and while us Brits and Canadians did take thousands of photos, I think you're correc that the Signal corps took more and they're free to access in the archives where as the Imperial War Museum in the UK are a nightmare to deal with.

@eamo106 2 месяца назад

Another , you have taken up the baton from Mark Felton. Well done !

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you!!

@jas_1959 2 месяца назад

Thanks!

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much for the support!

@pascalplace5981 2 месяца назад

On the most knowned picture you can see Shanklin's name written on the scabbard of his leg knife. And if i remember well Shanklin shoot himself in the foot during the Battle of the Bulge

@scottw4336 2 месяца назад

I know it's generic ...but thanks as always🇺🇲🇬🇧

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Not a problem, I genuinely appreciate it and I'm glad you enjoed the episode!

@JACasal29 Месяц назад

. Hey! I like your hat ✌🏻

@WW2Wayfinder Месяц назад

Thank you! From a company called Eagles and Angels in the U.S.

@kevgoeswandering8488 2 месяца назад

may i ask why the censors blank out the ace of spades?

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

To prevent the specific unit being identified. In a similar manner today with Special Forces having their faces blacked out in photos to prevent them as individuals being identified, it was done to a lot of units during WW2. Fortunately though the original photos were archived so it makes our job today that much easier to understand which units they belonged to!

@kevgoeswandering8488 2 месяца назад

@@WW2Wayfinder thank you sir

@rw9866 2 месяца назад

Very cool video best from the USA

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@rw9866 2 месяца назад

@@WW2Wayfinder your videos are always spot on, I have been to a lot of those places what separates you from the rest is you go to the places not really known but the played a big part of the war.

@joseaherranz8896 2 месяца назад

Este verano estuve allí y tengo la foto de antes y ahora.

@mgmmac36 2 месяца назад

absolutely fascinating! And to think, if Sgt Svonchek had not been fluent in russian, the surrender may not have come so easy. Again, just anmazing.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Crazy isn't it, just one of those freak occurences that paid untold dividends!

@krautmartin5452 2 месяца назад

Hi WW2 wayfinder Shanklin one typically u.s G.I...allways captured enemy pesonal items see the photos one Mauser89/98 bayonet and one Coconut canteen!

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

I think he has a stick grenade or two on him as well!

@krautmartin5452 2 месяца назад

@@WW2Wayfinder yes, one or two Potato Masher👍

@edwinodus 2 месяца назад

I thought about everything but the photo being staged. Now it all make perfect sense

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Glad I was able to show the place and expand on the images!

@joesanchez979 2 месяца назад

It's funny how american soldiers would capture German soldiers and after some questioning u.s. soldiers would give cigarettes and chocolate and crackers. Same with the British 😊

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

I think for the most part there wasn't a huge amount of malice towards the ordinary soliders. Like the Allies, even the average German conscript was caught up in something far bigger than themselves. The educated ones who supported the party, or fanatical followers are a different story.

@michelles2299 17 дней назад

They were all probably under 20 what else would you do?

@tjcurran4912 2 месяца назад

Thank you Jon!!! Love what you do to keep WWII history alive. Keep up the Great Work 👍🏼

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

No worries! Glad you enjoyed! I hope you enjoy the episode that I've got coming out this week, if you've ever seen a show called Band of Brothers I think you'll enjoy it!!!

@troykauffman3963 2 месяца назад

Absolutely awesome episode Jon, well done sir. It’s amazing to see that it still looks the same today as it did then. Have a pint on me for your outstanding work. 🫡🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦

@WW2Wayfinder 2 месяца назад

Thank you Troy! You're continued support is greatly appreiciated!