Pfc. Stephan Hut, a Dutch Army paratrooper, helps fellow paratrooper, Spc. Winston H. Cartier III, a parachute rigger with the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 5th Quartermaster Detachment, strap on a life preserver prior to dawning his parachute in Cherebourg, France, June 5 to jump in honor of the 67th Anniversary of the invasion of Normandy. The paratroopers were preparing for an airborne jump into the fields near St. Mere Eglise where hundreds of thousands of troops landed 67 years ago during World War II.
<dl><dd>Unit: 21st Theater Sustainment Command</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: Normandy; Anniversary; Airborne; D-Day; 67th; St. Mere Eglise</dd></dl>
Staff Sgt. Michael Taylor
2011-06-05
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