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9 members of Congress parachute jump over Normandy for D-Day anniversary
A group of American lawmakers honored the bravery of World War II veterans who took part in D-Day with a parachute jump into Normandy on Friday morning, using some of the same vintage planes that ...
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Honoring the History of the 101st Airborne Division
helmets display the markings used by 101st paratroopers and glider troops to identify their unit affiliations for the jump into Normandy and throughout the European Theater of Operations.
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A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
While theirs was a daytime jump Sunday, unlike for Allied airborne ... who felt history’s force as she exited her plane into the Normandy skies. “It’s the same doorway and it’s the same ...
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King Charles and President Macron will head commemorations June 6 in Normandy
More than 400 multinational paratroopers jumped into Normandy on Wednesday 5 June in a unique tribute to the soldiers who parachuted in on D-Day. The 8,500 British and Canadian soldiers of 6th ...