Selasa, 16 Agustus 2016

Audio: ‘Gung-Ho Situation’- WWII Paratrooper Recalls D-Day Airborne Landings

Cpl Norman Swaney of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment talks about parachuting into occupied France on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

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