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82 years ago today, paratroopers bound for Normandy. 🇺🇸
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J&L Historical
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J&L Historical
@Jason_R_Burt
Educator/Historian 📚
Music producer for WW2 vets of 746th AAF Band
Military History 🪖
Occasional war film post 🎥
World War Quotes 🧐
Joined September 2020
- 81 years ago today, paratroopers bound for Normandy. 🇺🇸
00:00 - It’s been over 25 years and I’m still not over Pvt. Jackson not making it out of the bell tower.
00:00 - 80 years ago today, Ron Speirs is placed in charge of Easy Company and goes on one of the most impressive runs in human history. 🪖
00:00 - Bringing a B-29 Superfortress in for a landing ✈️
00:00 - 81 years ago today, paratroopers Tommy Lonergan & Johnny “Peepnuts” Hale of the 101st Airborne Division just before their combat jump into Normandy on D-Day. 🇺🇸 @PieceJake on the colorization 🎨
- The last living survivor of the USS Arizona has passed away today at 102 years old. ⚓️ Rest in Peace, Lou Conter. 🇺🇸
- The stained glass window dedicated to paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division in the church at Angoville-au-Plain, Manche, Normandy, France. 🪂
- 81 years ago today, paratroopers of Easy Company (plus a few men from the 4th Infantry Division) pose for a picture in the town square of Sainte-Marie-Du-Mont the day after surviving their first combat jump into Normandy 🪂
- It’s been over 25 years and I’m still not over Pvt. Jackson not making it out of the bell tower.
00:00 - The last living survivor of the USS Arizona who passed away last April at 102 years old. ⚓️ Rest in Peace, Lou Conter. 🇺🇸
- In 1980, actor Steve Buscemi joined the FDNY, serving 4 years on Engine Co. 55. 🚒 #OnThisDay in 2001 & for several days following, Buscemi worked 12-hour shifts alongside other firefighters digging & sifting through the rubble of the World Trade Center looking for survivors. 🇺🇸
- The John Steele monument in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Normandy. 🪂
- 80 years ago today, the 101st Airborne Division’s “Filthy 13” prepare for their D-Day jump into Normandy. 🪂
