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A U.S. Army airborne infantryman shakes the hand of retired Private First Class Joseph Morettini, 82nd Airborne, 508th Regiment, Easy Company, during a ceremony held to honor all airborne troops and flight crew that served on D-Day in Picauville, France, June 4, 2019. On June 6, 1944, Morettini dropped from midnight skies into Normandy with the objective to overtake an enemy stronghold near Picauville. During the ceremony’s conclusion, Morettini remarked to each active U.S. airborne infantrymen he shook hands with: “I dropped here 75 years ago.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristof J. Rixmann)
| Date Taken: | 06.04.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 06.05.2019 15:19 |
| Photo ID: | 5438631 |
| VIRIN: | 190604-F-AG991-2216 |
| Resolution: | 5518x4016 |
| Size: | 11.59 MB |
| Location: | PICAUVILLE, MANCHE, FR |
| Web Views: | 74 |
| Downloads: | 18 |
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Remembering D-Day 75 years later in Picauville
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