In May of 1944, more than 1500 paratroopers took part in this exhibition jump, the largest ever conducted by U.S. Army forces. A month later, on D-Day (June 6, 1944), the men of Easy Company parachuted into Occupied France, part of an Allied force that included 23,000 paratroopers and more than 150,000 men in all.PHOTO: U.S. Army Signal Corps |
