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Reed Williams

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Reed Williams recalls the drop of the 502nd PIR Pathfinders into a field Northwest of Eindhoven, The Netherlands during the opening landings of Operation Market Garden. (8:14)

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Reed Williams and the rest of the 502nd PIR Pathfinders drop into Normandy in the early hours of June 6 as part of Mission Albany, the Airborne assault of Operation Overlord. (11:24)

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Reed Williams and the 502nd move into Carentan on D+5 and have a number of close encounters with German tanks and fighter planes. (3:03)

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Reed Williams goes through the events of the afternoon before taking off from England for the Airborne drops over Normandy the night before D-Day. (9:31)

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Reed Williams remembers the 502nd being taken off the line after Normandy for re-training and re-outfitting before Market Garden, and the tense situation in England at the time. (4:16)

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Reed Williams remembers an incident in the drop zone of Operation Market Garden, not long after the landings, involving a large quantity of rations and a downed General. (2:38)

Regena Herndon

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Regena Herndon wanted to join the military after talking to a recruiter at a high school career night. The fact that her brother would not talk about his experiences in Vietnam did not deter her. Basic training was tough, but she prevailed and became a soldier. Her first post at Fort Dix was a bad experience, but the next one, in Frankfurt made up for it. (4:07)

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Regena Herndon was a personnel specialist, so getting assigned to a field unit at Fort Knox was a bit trying. She was at several posts after that, ranging from Korea to Germany. (3:53)

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Fort Bragg was one of her favorite posts. What did Regena Herndon learn there? Endurance and taking initiative and how to deal with high ranking people. After her retirement, she worked with juvenile offenders and got a lot of satisfaction when lives were turned around. (3:00)

Remo Lodi

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Remo Lodi details the role and locations of each crewmember on his B-29 bomber, and describes the routine for their often lengthy missions. (7:37)