Don Pratt
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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
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Waco CG-4
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The Waco CG-4 was the most widely used American troop/cargo military glider of World War II. It was designated the CG-4A by the United States Army Air Forces, and given the service name Hadrian by the
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…originally assigned to command the division train and reserve troops of the 101st to be landed by sea, received permission to land with a force of CG-4A Waco gliders assigned to Mission Chicago, the first American glider assault during the invasion. Pratt flew as a passenger (along with his aide 1st Lt. Lee…
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During Operation Market-Garden, Waco gliders are lined up on an English airfield in preparation for the next lift to the Netherlands.
German troops examine an abandoned Waco, Normandy, June 1944
The XPG-1 prototype