United States Army 101st Airborne and 502nd Parachute Infantry Division soldiers preparing and leaving for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. Footage from airfield noted in US Government records as "Station 486, Europe" which indicates it was RAF Greenham Common. Paratroopers help each other to don heavy equipment. Paratroopers with camouflaged faces near US Army Air Force C-47 aircraft. A man cleans the window of the cockpit of an aircraft. The paratroopers board C-47 aircraft as they leave for Invasion of France. US 9th Air Force Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton shakes hands with the paratroopers and waves as the aircraft take off. C-47 aircraft taxi and take off from RAF Greenham Common

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