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Normandy, June 6, 1944. American troops push a British Horsa to the side of the road to make room for field ambulances evacuating wounded down to the beaches A second Horsa can be seen farther down the road. U.S. Army

A French farmer's cows graze beneath a British Horsa that had been used by American troops. Note tall trees in background. American intelligence officers had mistakenly informed all glider pilots that the trees in Normandy were no more than 10 feet tall. U.S. Air Force

Grosseto, Italy, August 14, 1944. F.O. Jack R. Merrick (centre) with two members of the famed 442nd (Japanese-American) Infantry Regiment that were his passengers on D-Day of Operation Dragoon. Jack R. Merrick

August 16, 1955. An American glider pilot, F.O. Stanley Juroski, shown in front of wrecked British Horsa glider on LZ O. Both British pilots were killed in the crash. John H. Smith

Tarquinia Airport, Italy, August 14, 1944. A glider pilot (standing at extreme right) and the troops that he will fly to southern France. The troops are wearing Mae West life jackets.
Those jackets were inflatable by means of two carbon dioxide cartridges, or they could be blown up manually if cartridges failed or were lost. Though the glider pilots and troops were always issued with life jackets, they were never given parachutes. William S. Fritcher

August 14, 1944, Guidonia Airfield, Rome, Italy. Ground crewmen prepare to tow this CG-4A glider out to the flight line for its participation in Operation Dragoon. Note that glider has been equipped with both the newly developed Ludington-Griswold crash protection device mounted its nose, and the large ski-like Corey Skid which can be seen at the lower centre of the nose. George J. Mouton

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England, September 15, 1944. American CG-4° gliders and their tow-planes marshaled for Operation Market-Garden. U.S. Air Force

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