American airborne landings in Normandy were a series of military operations carried by the United States as part of Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Allies on June 6, 1944, during W
C-47 of the 438th TCG marked with invasion stripes.
Pathfinder patch.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking with First lieutenant Wallace C. Strobel and men of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment on June 5, 1944 at USAAF Greenham Common. The placard around Strobel's neck indicates he is the jumpmaster for chalk 23 of the 438th TCG. Strobel's battalion was the first to drop into Normandy.
Planned airborne drop zones on the Cotentin Peninsula, D-Day, 6 June 1944
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Don Forrester Pratt was a brigadier general in the United States Army who served as assistant division commander of the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. He was the highest-ranking Allied o
