Doh. I have been corrected and should have paid better attention. The archive site from which I pulled the photo said Ike was talking to the Brits before they took off. I accepted that without looking very carefully. Actually, it would not have even taken careful looking. That photo is indeed of Americans — the patch is the 101st Airborne. Sorry, guys. I should have done better.
Paratrooper in the foreground with the bag around his neck. My Dads platoon Sgt.Bill Boyle of the 502 PIR. The tall guy is Lt. Wallace. http://www.paratrooper-museum.org/