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D-Day: Down to Earth—Return of the 507th
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Airborne Jump 1

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)

Airborne Jump 2

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)

Alliance Parade

The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment marches in a parade in Alliance, Nebraska, 1943.
(Courtesy of William Bowell)

Seven Troopers

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)

B Company at Utah Beach

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)

Veterans Reunion 2002

507th Parachute Infantry Regiment veterans return to Normandy in July 2002 to dedicate a monument to their regiment.
(Photo by Jeff Petry)

Capt. Bob Rae

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)

Monument

The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment Memorial was dedicated July 23, 2002, in Amfreville, France.
(Photo by Marty Morgan)

D-Day: Down to Earth

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)

Film Producers

Phil Walker and David Druckenmiller, co-producers of D-Day: Down to Earth—Return of the 507th.
(Photo by Jump\Cut Productions)