Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division make their way across an airfield toward waiting C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft, fully loaded with main and reserve parachutes and combat equipment. Scenes like this preceded every major airborne operation of World War II, from the Normandy invasion in June 1944 to Operation Market Garden and the final Rhine crossing in 1945, as the 'Screaming Eagles' prepared to jump into enemy-held territory. Project: 218668