Memorial Plaque US 505 PIR, Neuville au Plain Normandy
The plaque was erected by the 82nd Airborne C47 Club and commemorates the action of Company D of the 2nd Battalion 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, in foiling a German attack on Ste Mere Eglise. It also acknowledges the help of the French in tending the wounded. After Normandy the 505th shoulder insignia carried the text H-MINUS at the bottom because the Battalion jumped earlier than it should have done
Picture No
12547901
Media ID
45920352
Size
2816px x 2120px
(2.0MB)
Credit
© Holt's Battlefield Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Tonie and Valmai Holt - Holts' Battlefield Collection
Date
2008
