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Documentary Film: Uncommon Courage: The D-Day Battle of Graignes

The 2024 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Uncommon Courage: The D-Day Battle of Graignes. This documentary tells the remarkable story of the little-known battle of Graignes described as “the Alamo of D-Day.” When the D-Day invasion of France began on June 6, 1944, approximately 180 American paratroopers were accidentally dropped far from their drop zone, and landed outside the small village of Graignes in Normandy, right in the path of a major German counterattack. Assisted by French villagers, the American paratroopers at Graignes made a courageous stand against a force of German S.S. troops that was 10 times their size.
The free screening begins at 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 5, at the Horry County Museum.