Tag: 82nd Airborne
Additional Airborne Sites West of the Merderet River
Additional Airborne Sites West of the Merderet River
In addition to the Merderet River crossing sites we list in the “D-Day Visitor’s Handbook,” there are...
Bloody Omaha, Part III
Third in a series.
VI
Operation Neptune laid out a carefully organized assault on the beaches. The landing diagram for the 116th Regimental Landing Team (RLT)...
Private Joe Gandara: Correcting an Error in The D-Day Visitor’s Handbook
In 1993 Congress authorized a review of the military records of African-Americans to determine if any racially biased decisions had been made in the...