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Airborne paratroopers prepare to 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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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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507th Parachute Infantry Regiment veterans return to Normandy in July 2002 to
dedicate a monument to their regiment.
(Photo by Jeff Petry) |
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Ret. Capt. Bob Rae recounts his role in the battle for La Fière causeway while
revisiting the site in July 2002. Rae, who appears in D-Day: Down to Earth,
died in September 2003.
(Photo by Jeff Petry) |
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The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment Memorial was dedicated July 23, 2002, in
Amfreville, France.
(Photo by Marty Morgan) |
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D-Day: Down to Earth—Return of the 507th details the 507th Parachute
Infantry Regiment's heroic contributions to the Allied campaign in World War II and
surviving members' emotional return to Normandy nearly 60 years later. (Design by Bryan Nixon) |
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Phil Walker and David Druckenmiller, co-producers of D-Day: Down to Earth—Return of the 507th. (Photo by Jump\Cut Productions) |