US Army (USA) paratroopers with the XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, North Carolina (NC), perform a final equipment check aboard a US Air Force (USAF) C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft, 94th Airlift Wing (AW), Dobbins Air Reserve Base (ARB), Georgia (GA), on their way to the Iron Mike Drop Zone (DZ) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. More than 650 paratroopers jumped for the event near St Mere Eglise, France (FRA)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Omaha Beach
State: Normandy
Country: France (FRA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Tags
Date
1940
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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