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Airborne paratroopers jump from a C-47 in a training exercise. A year of intense training
could not fully prepare these soldiers for what they would see in Normandy.
(Courtesy of U.S. National Archives)
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The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment marches in a parade in Alliance, Nebraska, 1943.
(Courtesy of William Bowell)
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Seven paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment pose with the regimental
mascot "Geronimo," prior to a paratroop training exercise in 1943.
(Courtesy of Carson Smith)
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The troopers of B Company/507th pose for a group photograph near Utah Beach on July
11, 1944, shortly before the regiment returned to England. B Company suffered eighty-four
combat casualties in Normandy.
(Courtesy of George H. Leidenheimer)
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