D-Day Overlord's video: Mission Hackensack - 82nd Airborne Division - 07 06 1944 - DDay-Overlord

Date : 7 juin 1944 - June 7th, 1944 Sujet | Subject: - Opération Hackensack : aérotransport réalisé par le 439th Troop Carrier Group et le 441st Troop Carrier Group de renforts appartenant au 325th Glider Infantry Regiment et au 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. Les planeurs Waco remorqués par des Douglas C-47 atteignent le Cotentin et la zone d'atterrissage codée "W" à proximité de Sainte-Mère-Eglise à compter de 9 heures du matin. sur le millier d'hommes engagés dans la mission Hackensack, 15 soldats américains sont tués à l'atterrissage, une soixante d'autres sont blessés. - Operation Hackensack: airlift of reinforcements belonging to the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment and the 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, carried out by the 439th Troop Carrier Group and the 441st Troop Carrier Group. Waco gliders towed by Douglas C-47 reach the Cotentin Peninsula and the "W" landing zone close to Sainte-Mère-Eglise at 9 am. Of the thousand men engaged during the Hackensack Mission, 15 US soldiers were killed during the landing a sixty others were wounded. Lieu | Location: Cotentin, Manche, Normandie Personnalité(s) | Person(s): -- Unité(s) | Unit(s): - 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division - 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division - 439th Troop Carrier Group, 50th Troop Carrier Wing, 9th Troop Carrier Command - 441st Troop Carrier Group, 50th Troop Carrier Wing, 9th Troop Carrier Command Source: US National Archives N°: INV 25 Operation Hackensack : http://www.dday-overlord.com/largage_serie_37.htm