Prelude to the InvasionThe Supreme Commander, General Eisenhower is shown addressing soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division shortly before D Day. To these men fell the difficult job of invading by parachute behind the invasion beaches to prevent the Germans from reinforcing their beach defenses. Together with the 82nd Airborne Division, and the British 6th Airborne Division, the 101st started the invasion in the early morning hours of the 6th.
(NARA RG 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982 ARC 778813)
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