Posted on Jun 6, 2024
This Day in History: D-Day's 80th Anniversary
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AIRBORNE ILLUSTRATIONS: (1-4) 9th Air Force C101st Abn. Div. troopers maneuver to knock out a German antiaircraft gun position-47s drop paratroopers over Normandy. (5-6) 82d Abn. Div. troopers descend on Ste. Mere Eglise. (7) 101st Abn. Div. troopers maneuver to knock out a German antiaircraft gun position in a French town. (8) A 507th PIR, 82d Abn. Div. trooper frees himself from his parachute harness after landing in a flooded field in Normandy. (9) 82d Abn. Div. paratroopers plan their next move in Ste.-Mere-Eglise early on 6 June 1944. (10) 82d Abn. Div. troopers move through a field on D-Day morning.
SGT Wayne Dunn Amn (Join to see) SGT J.D. Corr SPC Lisa Hughes LTC Tom Jones A1C Crystal Winbush SPC Mike Bennett 1LT Larry Bass CPT (Join to see) SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell MSG (Join to see) SGT Damaso V Santana 1SG Dean Mcbride (MPER) (CPHR) PFC Francine Fontana SPC Jared Robbins Pvt Thomas Chapman CPL Miguel Velez SrA Bruce Banner CPT Art Jacobs CPT Endre Barath
SGT Wayne Dunn Amn (Join to see) SGT J.D. Corr SPC Lisa Hughes LTC Tom Jones A1C Crystal Winbush SPC Mike Bennett 1LT Larry Bass CPT (Join to see) SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell MSG (Join to see) SGT Damaso V Santana 1SG Dean Mcbride (MPER) (CPHR) PFC Francine Fontana SPC Jared Robbins Pvt Thomas Chapman CPL Miguel Velez SrA Bruce Banner CPT Art Jacobs CPT Endre Barath
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MAJ Hugh Blanchard
Jumping is "interesting" enough, but imagine it with folks shooting at you from the ground.
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SGT Robert Urbaniak
If I was in the Airborne, I suppose i'd have to make this jump, and just hope I'd live trough it.
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MAJ Hugh Blanchard
Getting that "mustard stain" on your wings is a pretty big deal, I've served with a few people who had that combat jump device. We also have my late father-in-law's Class A uniform, and he had a bunch of awards. One of his European Theater awards included an Expeditionary Spearhead from landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day. This after surviving Pearl Harbor. He was quite a soldier.
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OMAHA BEACH ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) 1st Inf. Div. GIs struggle ashore on Omaha Beach. (2) A wounded Ranger NCO surrounded by dead GIs on Omaha Beach. (3-5) 29th Inf. Div. soldiers in the surf on "Bloody Omaha." (6) 29th Div. GIs advance under heavy fire on D-Day. (7) 1st Inf. Div. GIs push inland on Omaha Beach. (8) 29th Inf. Div. GIs move inland on Omaha Beach. (9) 29th Inf. Div. ADC Brig. Gen. Norman Cota talks to 116th Inf. Regt. GIs on Dog Red Beach before leading them inland. (10) 121st Eng. Bn. and 116th Inf. GIs set out to clear the Vierville draw on D-Day.
SGT Wayne Dunn Amn (Join to see) SGT J.D. Corr SPC Lisa Hughes LTC Tom Jones A1C Crystal Winbush SPC Mike Bennett 1LT Larry Bass CPT (Join to see) SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell MSG (Join to see) SGT Damaso V Santana 1SG Dean Mcbride (MPER) (CPHR) PFC Francine Fontana SPC Jared Robbins Pvt Thomas Chapman CPL Miguel Velez SrA Bruce Banner CPT Art Jacobs CPT Endre Barath
SGT Wayne Dunn Amn (Join to see) SGT J.D. Corr SPC Lisa Hughes LTC Tom Jones A1C Crystal Winbush SPC Mike Bennett 1LT Larry Bass CPT (Join to see) SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell MSG (Join to see) SGT Damaso V Santana 1SG Dean Mcbride (MPER) (CPHR) PFC Francine Fontana SPC Jared Robbins Pvt Thomas Chapman CPL Miguel Velez SrA Bruce Banner CPT Art Jacobs CPT Endre Barath
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POINTE DU HOC & UTAH BEACH ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) A British commando advises men of Co. D, 2d Ranger Bn., as they scale Pointe du Hoc. (2-4) 2d Ranger Bn. GIs scale the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc. (5) Men of the 4th Inf. Div.'s first wave hit Utah Beach. (6) Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. lands on Utah Beach with the 4th Inf. Div. at 0630 hrs. on D-Day. (7) 4th Inf. Div. GIs work their way past a German bunker on Utah Beach. (8) An M4A1 Sherman of C Co., 70th Tank Bn., takes on a German bunker on Utah Beach supported by 8th Inf. Regt., 4th Inf. Div. GIs. (9) Sailors and GIs seek shelter in a ditch in front of Utah Beach's seawall late in the afternoon on D-Day. (10) Surgeons of the 2-501st PIR, 101st Abn. Div. treat American and German wounded at a church in Angoville-au-Plain on D-Day.
SGT Wayne Dunn Amn (Join to see) SGT J.D. Corr SPC Lisa Hughes LTC Tom Jones A1C Crystal Winbush SPC Mike Bennett 1LT Larry Bass CPT (Join to see) SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell MSG (Join to see) SGT Damaso V Santana 1SG Dean Mcbride (MPER) (CPHR) PFC Francine Fontana SPC Jared Robbins Pvt Thomas Chapman CPL Miguel Velez SrA Bruce Banner CPT Art Jacobs CPT Endre Barath
SGT Wayne Dunn Amn (Join to see) SGT J.D. Corr SPC Lisa Hughes LTC Tom Jones A1C Crystal Winbush SPC Mike Bennett 1LT Larry Bass CPT (Join to see) SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell MSG (Join to see) SGT Damaso V Santana 1SG Dean Mcbride (MPER) (CPHR) PFC Francine Fontana SPC Jared Robbins Pvt Thomas Chapman CPL Miguel Velez SrA Bruce Banner CPT Art Jacobs CPT Endre Barath
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SGT Robert Urbaniak
I know this was much worse landing on this beach, than the time I spent in Vietnam.
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