Tag: Airborne
The First Into France – Meet the Elite “Pathfinders” of the Normandy Invasion
Published Date: 21 August, 2015
“Nearly 300 pathfinders took part in the pre-invasion.” IN HIS LANDMARK book D-Day: June 6, 1944, author Stephen E. Ambrose tells the story of Sgt. Elmo Jones of the 82nd Airborne Division. Moments after leaping out of a C-47 Dakota…