Men of United States Army 101st and 502nd Parachute Infantry Divisions leave England for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. Camouflaged paratroopers come out of hangars and approach US Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft at an airfield in England. Field is indicated in US Government records as "Station 486, Europe" which should indicate it was RAF Greenham Common. Officers brief the paratroopers near the aircraft. The paratroopers put on combat gear. Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton of the US 9th Air Force speaks to the paratroopers and a chaplain. The paratroopers, heavily laden down with gear, board the aircraft. A C-47 with a sign on the fuselage that reads ' Thats All Brother' . The aircraft taxi and take off heading for the drops over Normandy France.

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