SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2009
NORMANDY - LAFIÈRE MILITARY PARACHUTE JUMPS (3
of 5) |
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 Austin
Cox
29th ID, 113th Infantry Regiment veteran |
 Unidentified
Veteran
wears his CIB and Bronze Star Medal proudly |
 Resting
On His Reserve
a re-enactor almost seems poised to jump |
Pilot Pow Wow
Harold Weekly (l) and another B-17 pilot swap stories |
William L. Brann (r)
landed Canadian soldiers o Utah Beach wit his LCV(P) |
Pleasing The Fans
a veteran signs an autograph |
All Smiles
a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot and an infantry veteran enjoy time together |
Six Aircraft
approach the DZ strung out in a line |
C-130 Hercules
roars overhead. The famous aircraft has been in production
since 1965, over 2300 have been built |
First Two
out of the Herc began the stream of nearly 1,000 jumpers that day |
Then Four
as the troops exited one after the other |
Sky Full
multiple sticks soon were streaming down |
Eye Full
so many chutes were in the air it was difficult to know where to
look next |
Closer They Came
as the troopers neared their points of touchdown |
Zeroing In
this man is about to land |
 Look
Out Below
yells the trooper to warn spectators he's coming in |
Close Call
this man just missed the Merderet and the crowd on the riverbank |
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All Normandy 'D-Day Plus 65' trip photos are a
multi-national mixture of work by Hervé Argoud, Hans DeBree, Gene Garren,
Fred Hoek, Herbert Lahout, Randy Lewellen, Cyndi Mathews, Bill Nation, Dick O'Donnell,
Dominique Potier, Vivian Roger, Zane Schlemmer, Donald van den Bogert and Nelly
van Loo-Polley. Individual credits have not been
given. |
