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WWII Normandy Paratroopers
 This is for display only! This is NOT the actual print, you will receive! The Associated Press highlights some of its most famous photographs of World War II, as well as rarely seen pictures from its archives, in an exhibition and book timed to coincide with the unveiling of the national World War II Memorial in Washington. Now you may purchase your own version of these historic events.
U.S. paratroopers fix their static lines before a jump before dawn over Normandy on D-Day June 6, 1944, in France. The decision to launch the airborne attack in darkness instead of waiting for first light was probably one of the few Allied missteps on June 6, and there was much to criticize both in the training and equipment given to paratroopers and glider-borne troops of the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions. Improvements were called for after the invasion; the hard-won knowledge would be used to advantage later. (AP Photo/Army Signal Corps)
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