06-18-2008, 05:57 AM
Hells Corner - La Barquette Lock
Beside the Brecourt skirmish which has taken on a life of its own since the TV BoB series was shown and disproportionately outweighs other more important actions done by other units, we decided to visit one of them:
Hell's Corner at the Barquette Lock.
The pic shows the panorama view of Col. H.R. "Skeets" Johnsons (501st PIR) position. Johnson collected only 150 men of his original 800 as the others were either lost, linked up with other units or casualties.
