101st Airborne, June 6th 1944

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  Bombardier

• Feb 9, 2004

Great photo and brave brave lads.

 

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  snapper

• Feb 9, 2004

Absolutely brilliant picture, cheers @Bombardier
It would be nice to put names to the faces though eh

 

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  Bombardier

• Feb 9, 2004

Anything is possible snapper, thats partly the purpose of the site

 

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  Swashbuckler

• Jun 9, 2016

The guy holding the flag is James Flanagan. He survived the war. You can read an interview with him here.

 

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  Bombardier

• Jun 9, 2016

Excellent, thanks @Swashbuckler and welcome to MI.Net

 

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  Smiffy

• Jun 9, 2016

Thanks for the info mate and a great read too

 

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  BravoZulu

• Mar 27, 2018

June 6, 1944, Ravenoville, France: holding the flag, James Flanagan (2nd Platoon, C Co, 1-502nd PIR)
(L-R): PFC Arthur A. Justice (B Co, 1-502nd PIR), unknown, PVT Justo Correa (A Co, 1-506th PIR),
PFC Arthur J. Barker (B Co, 1-502nd PIR), PVT Joe E. Ridgeway (B Co, 1-502nd PIR), PVT Norwood
B. Newinger (B Co, 1-502nd PIR), unknown, CPL Earl H. Butz (HQ, 3-502nd PIR), SGT Smith C. Fuller
(B Co, 1-502nd PIR)
http://old.506infantry.org/his2ndbnwwiiphoto24.html