04.00 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (505th PIR) – an infantry regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division – captures Sainte-Mère-Eglise, the first town to be liberated.
Not to diminish any of the gallantry on D-day, but SME is a study of bravery, adapting and overcoming by lightly armed paratroopers.
Not to diminish any of the gallantry on D-day, but SME is a study of bravery, adapting and overcoming by lightly armed paratroopers.