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    D-Day Veteran, Whose Story Was Told in the Film, "The Longest Day," Re-visits First Army Headquarters During a Special Occasion [Image 1 of 7]

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    D-Day Veteran, Whose Story Was Told in the Film, "The Longest Day," Re-visits First Army Headquarters During a Special Occasion

    ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES

    07.08.2021

    Photo by Spc. Tyler Morford 

    First Army

    Mr. Henry Langrehr, WWII veteran and paratrooper on D-Day, June 6, 1944, gets honorably recognized at First Army’s Change Of Command Ceremony, July 8, 2021, at Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill. Mr. Henry Langrehr’s story was featured in the 1962 film, “The Longest Day,” which featured his parachute drop into a glass roof of a greenhouse near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France. Mr. Langrehr greeted First Army leaders including outgoing First Army Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Thomas S. James Jr., First Army Command Sergeant Major, Command Sgt. Maj. John P. McDwyer, and incoming First Army Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Antonio A. Aguto Jr., as well as FORSCOM Commanding General, Gen. Michael X. Garrett.

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    Date Taken: 07.08.2021
    Date Posted: 07.27.2021 09:45
    Photo ID: 6732156
    VIRIN: 210708-A-GI418-513
    Resolution: 5472x3648
    Size: 3.13 MB
    Location: ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, ILLINOIS, US
    Hometown: CLINTON, IOWA, US
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    D-Day Veteran, Whose Story Was Told in the Film, "The Longest Day," Re-visits First Army Headquarters During a Special Occasion
    D-Day Veteran, Whose Story Was Told in the Film, "The Longest Day," Re-visits First Army Headquarters During a Special Occasion
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