Visit the quay and the streets of the old town of Villefranche-sur-Mer in the footsteps of the U.S. Sixth Fleet sailors thanks to our free audioguide. Download the the free application IZITRAVEL on your smartphone or pad then search Villefranche-sur-Mer. Choose your language then click on listen to the audio. During the whole tour, your will [...]
My mother in 1935 My mother was Marie Bentaccordi. She met Tom Bradley at a dance, he was a sailor onboard the USS Omaha I believe; it could have been the USS Raleigh, I'm not sure. She was 23 years old. I've known of my mother's first boyfriend Tom in bits and pieces over [...]
OUR PROJECTS FOR 2020 ACCOMPLISHED PROJECTS - Participation in the Naval Flower Battle on 24 February: in partnership with the Boatmen Association of Villefranche-sur-Mer; - Travelling Historical Trail in France: Completed the panels for the permanent exhibition, "Once Upon a time the US Navy and Villefranche-sur-Mer" for the travelling exhibition in the secondary schools of the [...]
Discover the photos of the 2020 Naval flower battle in which we had the chance to participate thanks to the boatmen Association of Villefranche-sur-Mer and to Loïc Roux who invited us on board his fishermen boat:
My father was Lt. Cdr. Inslee E. Grainger. Our family lived in Villefranche in 1959-61 when he served aboard the USS Des Moines and the USS Springfield. I was only two when we arrived, so while I have a lot of memories of Villefranche, they are from a toddler’s perspective. The USS Des Moines [...]
Remembrances of Bloody Mary By Jerry Manriquez, Fox Division, USS Des Moines Web Master I served aboard the USS Des Moines CA-134 from December 24, 1958 until September 1960. The Ship was home ported in Villefranche, France. Not long after I arrived in France I was on liberty drinking with my shipmates in one of the [...]
Warmed by the morning sun, I sit on my deck overlooking a wooded canyon admiring the small deck garden my great granddaughter Iris and I finished yesterday. Splashes of red and white Cyclamens and purple African Daisies, red and pink Geraniums surround a sculptured cement bird bath. A pretty garden with plants set off by the [...]
Recalling memories of times spent in Villefranche in the mid-1950s is not hard to do. Each of the five visits I made there during 1955-57 was an adventure worth remembering. Villefranche was the gem of the Mediterranean, unknown to most of the world, and tourists, particularly American, were a novelty. Those in the Sixth Fleet, however, [...]
Independence Day - 4 July 2019 ! Full HD video clip produced by Lucas Bosc on the music Ooh Poo Pah Doo sung by James Andrews. Villefranche-sur-Mer celebrates like each year the Independence Day on 4th July 2019 ! Dance, music, Jeeps, Pin-up…. The whole Town is dressed in American style ! And this [...]
Don't miss the 2 exhibitions at Villefranche-sur-Mer on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Mom Germaine's passing Posters created by Louis Cardelli offered to the Association Les Américains et la 6e Flotte à Villefranche-sur-Mer
