On the eve of the Normandy invasion, General Dwight D. Eisenhower visited paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division's 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment at their staging airfield in England. This photograph, accompanied by its original handwritten sleeve dated 'June 5, D-5-44, 502 P.I.,' captures this now-legendary moment of encouragement before the men boarded their aircraft for the largest airborne assault in history. Project: 218668