Resolute faces of U.S. Army paratroopers just before

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Resolute faces of U.S. Army paratroopers just before

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Resolute faces of U.S. Army paratroopers just before they took off for the initial assault of D-Day. The paratrooper in the foreground had just read Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's message of good luck and clasped his bazooka in determination. Note Eisenhower's D-Day order in the hands of the paratrooper in the foreground. DOD photo

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2000 - 2022
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