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Old April 19th, 2008, 09:21 PM
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Re: D-Day

Some famous photos that most have seen before, but no D-Day thread is complete without this first one of Ike giving these paratroopers a pre-drop pep talk.

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You can see from their patches that they are from the 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles).

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American troops heading toward Normandy.

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American troops at Normandy wading onto the beach and likely into machine gun fire.


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At Utah Beach, these GI's reached land using a life raft after their landing craft was sunk. They are being aided by other GI's.
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