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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division, 508th Regiment, are given V-Mail blanks to write their last letters home,before taking off from an airfield in Saltby, England, to play…

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Saltby, England, 1944: Members of the 82nd Airborne Division, 508th Regiment, are given…

Saltby, England, 06/05/1944

SC 320904Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4722-3RG 111
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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division, 508th Regiment, are given V-Mail blanks to write their last letters home,before taking off from an airfield in Saltby, England, to play their part in the invasion of the European continent. 6 June 1944

Date
06/05/1944
Place
Saltby, England · approximate position
Photographer
Weiner
Units
82nd Airborne Division
SC number
320904
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4722-3
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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