United States Army 101st and 502nd Parachute Infantry Division leave for the D Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States 9th Air Force Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton speaks to a chaplain, a medical officer and others at field noted in US Government records as "Station 486, Europe" which indicates it was RAF Greenham Common in England. A car in the background. Lieutenant General Brereton speaks. US Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft in the background. He speaks to the paratroopers of 101st and 502nd Parachute Infantry Division. A sign on the fuselage of a C-47 reads ' Thats All Brother '. C-47 aircraft taxi and take off.

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