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English: Ernie Lamson, a WWII veteran and former Soldier assigned to Alpha Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, still wears his original Airborne wings, now around his left wrist. XX earned his ‘wings’ in 1943 when he graduated Airborne School. XX attended a ceremony here June 4 commemorating Lt. Col. Charles Timmes,’ commander of 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, during the invasion of Normandy who landed in an orchard field and was help down by Germans for three days before being able to evade the enemy. The event was one of several commemorations of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day operations conducted by the Allies during WWII, June 6, 1944. Task Force Normandy, led by the 173rd Airborne Brigade out of Vicenza, Italy, has organized 650 personnel from twenty U.S. units and 6 nations, at the invitation of the French government, to participate in the events happening across the region of Normandy. For more information on the events and the history of the operations conducted here, go to http://www.eucom.mil/key-activities/featured-events/d-day-june-6-1944.
Date Taken on 4 June 2014
Source https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1380181
Author U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Cole
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