William Britain's 101st D-Day Airborne. (2002) World War II Collection. On June 6, 1944, more than 13,000 American paratroopers jumped into the night sky from C-47 transport planes over Normandy's Cotentin Peninsula. These highly trained young men belonged to the 82nd and 101st Divisions, which joined the British 6th Airborne Division in spearheading the Allied invasion of France. |
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