On Invasion Day,Who Jumps in Before Paratroopers:The Pathfinders

Bob Ford

We at the Nebraska Press Association honor those brave men and women who served our country with this Invasion Day story — thank you for your service!

June 6th, 1944, two minutes past midnight, a C-47 carrying 20 men entered enemy air space over France. It’s the beginning of D-Day. These men are part of the 101st Airborne Division but their mission is different from the large attacking forc…