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D-Day- American paratroopers about to take off toward Normandy.


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D-Day Invasion: Operation Overlord


American soldiers, injured while storming Omaha Beach, recover just after the landings.


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Men of the 16th Infantry Regiment Division wading ashore on Omaha Beach on the morning of 6 June 1944.

 18 year old HRH Princess Elizabeth watching parachutists during a visit to airborne forces at Nethe

18 year old HRH Princess Elizabeth watching parachutists during a visit to airborne forces at Netheravon Airfield, Salisbury, Wiltshire in England in the run-up to D-Day.
Standing next to her is Brigadier Stanley James Ledger Hill DSO, MC - Brigade HQ, 3rd Parachute Brigade, 19 May 1944.
Colour by RJM.


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