Articles tagged with "506th Parachute Infantry Regiment"

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  Leadership monument near Utah Beach dedicated to Maj. Richard Winters

  June 6, 2012 Comments: 0

  Along the causeway to Utah Beach stands a new monument to combat leadership, dedicated June 6 in memory of Maj. Richard Winters, who led paratroopers from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment during the D-Day landings.

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  Veterans take center stage in events honoring 65th anniversary of Normandy invasion

  June 7, 2009 Comments: 0

  NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL, France -- For nearly a week Department of Defense civilians and servicemembers from the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines have been deployed to the small French town of Sainte Mere Eglise and this memorial beside Omaha Beach supporting events in honor of the 65th anniversary of D-Day.

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