D-day 6/6/1944

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  • John HOLBROOK
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 1025

    #1

    D-day 6/6/1944

    I just finished Band of Brothers again and I ran across this foto which is heart rending.... The only combat experience they had was dying. My wife's brother was in the 101st Airborne as a cook. His first day in country in Nam, he stepped on a mine.

    Last edited by John HOLBROOK; 05-22-2016, 07:59.
    sigpic"Give Me A Fast Ship And I Will Sail In Harms Way" John Paul Jones, U.S. NAVY
  • firstflabn
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2010
    • 162

    #2
    The glider was part of Mission Galveston. It landed near Holdy at 0700 on June 7 (not June 6). It carried 29 members of Co. A, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82AB Div. 14 KIA; the other 15 injured and evacuated.

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    • CPC
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2009
      • 365

      #3
      Piece of of WWII Glider

      My tribute since this is a little off topic.. a star from a glider recovered by a member of 17th/82nd airborne.
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