36 photos taken on 6 and 9 June. The purpose of the US paratroop and glider assault around Ste Mere Eglise was to protect the US seaborne landings on Utah Beach.
Start of the mass drop by the US 82nd (All American) Airborne Division, Iron Mike monument, west of Caen, Normandy, 9 June 2019. Here are six photos of the drop. The 82nd was re-enacting the division's drop on Ste Mere Eglise on D-Day 75 years earlier. Ten C-130s can be seen.
