[SAMWolf]

This is a great publicity shot from the set of "The Longest Day". Major Howard was not totally pleased with the production, due to some of the liberties taken with the true story. One of his major points is that the movie shows his men removing explosives from the bridge's superstructure. This is Hollywood, in the real world the Germans had not wired the bridges yet, as they were worried that partisans would steal the explosives.

Richard Todd, who would portay Major Howard in the film, served with the 6th Airborne, 7th Para Battalion, the unit sent to reinforce the OBLI on the bridge.

[SAMWolf]

The marker of Lieutenant Den Brotheridge, platoon commander of First Platoon, Company D, Ox and Bucks, the first Allied soldier to lose his life on D-Day.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks Sam. I really wish Hollywood wouldn't take such liberties with historical movies.