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    Task Force Normandy 65

    STE MERE EGLISE, FRANCE

    06.06.2009

    Photo by Melvin Tarpley 

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    1st Lt. Reed Petfray of C Company, 502 Parachute Infantry Regiment and seven year old Alex Gaborit, the grandson of Petfray, French host, attend the Airborne Ceremony at the Airborne Museum, in Ste Mere Eglise, France, on June 6. Petfray was a pathfinder and one of the first officers to land in Normandy on the night, of June 5, 1944. Petfray's hometown is the city of Toccoa, Georgia. Toccoa was the home of Camp Toccoa, a WWII parachute training base and the home of Easy Company depicted in the HBO miniseries, Band of Brothers.

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    Date Taken: 06.06.2009
    Date Posted: 06.25.2009 05:57
    Photo ID: 182486
    VIRIN: 090606-A-7433T-002
    Resolution: 3300x2400
    Size: 5.39 MB
    Location: STE MERE EGLISE, FR

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