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SAINTE MERE EGLISE, France — Soldiers and contractors from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command began arriving in Sainte Mere Eglise, France, May 17 to set up the living area for the hundreds of Soldiers who will be arriving
for the 65th commemoration of D-Day.
The Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, in what is now known as D-Day. Sainte Mere Eglise was the first town in Western Europe to be liberated by the Allies.
In order to get the living support area at Sainte Mere Eglise ready for the arriving Soldiers, it took a lot of coordination between the Soldiers, contractors and the locals.
“There was a lot of cooperation between the German contractors, the French citizens here and the Soldiers. The French interpreters helped a lot with the locals as far as the things we needed locally,” said Sgt. 1st Class Theresa Fallon, the medical operations non-commissioned officer in charge at the life support area.
The area is set up to accommodate 700 to 800 Soldiers. It is a fully functional facility with a dining facility. The area will also have a fully functional aid station.
The aid station will be staffed with 10 medics, a battalion surgeon from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and an internal medicine doctor.
For many, supporting the D-Day veterans is the most important part of the commemoration.
“This is the first time (the) 21st TSC has been tasked to do this,” said Gerhard Mehrbreier, equipment specialist with Theater Logistics Support Center – Europe. “I’m glad to be a part of it and that I was given an opportunity to be a part of it.”
(Courtesy of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command)
