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Greenham Common Airfield, England, 1944: General Dwight D

Greenham Common Airfield, England, 06/05/1944

SC 190270Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4698RG 111
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General Dwight D. Hisenhower given the order of the day. "full victory - nothing else", to paratroopers somewhere in England just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe. England, 6 June 1944.

Date
06/05/1944
Place
Greenham Common Airfield, England · exact position
Photographer
Moore
Units
101st Airborne Division, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
People
Dwight D. Eisenhower
SC number
190270
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4698
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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