SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2009
NORMANDY - LAFIÈRE MILITARY PARACHUTE JUMPS (4
of 5) |
Record For Posterity
as veterans are videotape |
 Comm
Check
men chat outside outside a WC-51 Dodge 3/4 ton 4x4 cargo truck |
Flag Bearers
this tam gathered the U.S. flag that was dropped with the Liberty
Jump Team |
Pair of Eagles
Col. MacEwen and an unidentified Colonel outside the VIP tent |
General Mirth
something causes BG Mille to smile broadly |
Time To Reload
as a Herc circles back to the airfield to bring still another load
over LaFière |
Return Trip
troopers stuffed their chutes into bags and hurried to catch
another plane |
 Three
Up, Three Down
as six parachutists drop on the marshes of the DZ |
Trudging Back
troopers pass through the crowd to get to their marshalling point |
Gotta Get Back
troopers double-time as they return to their transport for another
jump |
 Severed
Shroud Lines?
this young lady appears to have cut her lines, possibly to deploy
her reserve |
One More Time!
an 82nd Pfc gives the thumbs-up as he happily heads back for still
another jump |
German Aircraft
designated as C-160 resembles a U.S. C-130 but has only two engines.
Two of them dropped multi-national jumpers including German, French and
English |
Transall C-160
developed by a consortium of French and German aircraft
manufacturers for the air forces of those two nations and also South
Africa. It has been in production since 1967 but with only 214 built |
Transall Drops All
troopers stream out of the German aircraft |
Heads Up!
coming down near trees presents special hazards |
See Through
sunlight beautifully outlined this parachute |
Chute Cluster
as a stick comes down close together |
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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. |
