French Brigadier General Brice Houdet, Deputy Representative with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Army Major Doug Nab, 173rd Airborne Brigade Chaplain, pose on the ramp of the 815th Airlift Squadron's C-130J prior to take-off for the scheduled massive parachute drops at La Fière outside of Sainte-Mère-Église, France June 5, 2016. More than 380 service members from Europe and affiliated D-Day historical units are participating in the 72nd anniversary as a part of Joint Task Force D-Day 72. The Task Force, based in Sainte-Mère-Église, France, is supporting local events across Norman
French Brigadier General Brice Houdet, Deputy Representative with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Army Major Doug Nab, 173rd Airborne Brigade Chaplain, pose on the ramp of the 815th Airlift Squadron's C-130J prior to take-off for the scheduled massive parachute drops at La Fière outside of Sainte-Mère-Église, France June 5, 2016. More than 380 service members from Europe and affiliated D-Day historical units are participating in the 72nd anniversary as a part of Joint Task Force D-Day 72. The Task Force, based in Sainte-Mère-Église, France, is supporting local events across Normandy, from May 30 - 6 June, 2016 to commemorate the selfless actions by all of the allies on D-Day that continue to resonate 72 years later. ( Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jessica L. Kendziorek)
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