D-Day Overlord's video: 82nd Airborne Division - Nottingham - 27 05 1944 - DDay-Overlord

Date : 27 mai 1944 - May 27th, 1944 Sujet | Subject: - Aux ordres du Brigadier General James M. Gavin (commandant en second de la 82nd Airborne Division), les parachutistes américains du 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, effectuent un défilé militaire à Wollaton park près de leur camp de base de Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) avant leur déménagement pour les différents aérodromes. Le Major Otho E. Holmes du Regiment Headquarter, 508th PIR, procède à une inspection des sections, puis les parachutistes perçoivent la monnaie d'invasion. - In front of Brigadier General James M. Gavin (second in command of the 82nd Airborne Division), US paratroopers of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, parade at Wollaton park near their base camp at Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) before moving to the different airfields. Major Otho E. Holmes fromHeadquarter Regiment, 508th PIR, conducts an inspection of the platoons. The paratroopers then receive the invasion money. Lieu | Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Angleterre - England Personnalité(s) | Person(s): - Brigadier General James M. Gavin (commandant en second - Second in command - 82nd Airborne Division) - Colonel Roy E. Lindquist (508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division) - Major Otho E. Holmes (Regiment Headquarter, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Unité(s) | Unit(s): 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd (US) Airborne Division Source: US National Archives N°: - INV 118 - INV 119