Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, provide the color guard for a June 7 ceremony in Angoville-au-Plain, France. The ceremony was held in honor of the life saving heroics displayed by 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment medics Robert Wright Sr. and Kenneth Moore from June 6-8, 1944 when they turned the village church into a temporary aid station, providing care to 80 American and German soldiers and one local child. Pictured in the background are members of the German Luftwaffe, who also provided ceremonial support. Spartans connect with pas


Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, provide the color guard for a June 7 ceremony in Angoville-au-Plain, France. The ceremony was held in honor of the life saving heroics displayed by 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment medics Robert Wright Sr. and Kenneth Moore from June 6-8, 1944 when they turned the village church into a temporary aid station, providing care to 80 American and German soldiers and one local child. Pictured in the background are members of the German Luftwaffe, who also provided ceremonial support. Spartans connect with past; Son makes pilgrimage to honor heroic father 140606-A-GR997-254


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