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RAF Greenham Common Airfield, 1944: General Dwight D

RAF Greenham Common Airfield, 06/06/1944

SC 194399Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4697RG 111
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives 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. 6 June 1944.

Date
06/06/1944
Place
RAF Greenham Common Airfield · approximate position
Photographer
Moore
Units
101st Airborne Division, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
People
Dwight D. Eisenhower; William Boyle; Ralph Pombano; S. W. Jackson; Dalbert Williams; William E. HAyes; Carl Vickers; William Stroebel; Henry Fuller; Michael Babich; William Noll
SC number
194399
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4697
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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