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Paratroopers exchange German jump wings at La Fiere drop zone after completing an airborne operation commemorating the D-Day and WWII events in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 3, 2012. Task Force 68, which is made up of paratroopers from U.S., Germany, France, Holland, and United Kingdom, re-enacted the D-Day airborne operation on the La Fiere fields near Sainte-Mere-Eglise.

Paratroopers exchange German jump wings at La Fiere drop zone after completing an airborne operation commemorating the D-Day and WWII events in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 3, 2012. Task Force 68, which is made up of paratroopers from U.S., Germany, France, Holland, and United Kingdom, re-enacted the D-Day airborne operation on the La Fiere fields near Sainte-Mere-Eglise.

Paratroopers exchange German jump wings at La Fiere drop zone after completing an airborne operation commemorating the D-Day and WWII events in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 3, 2012. Task Force 68, which is made up of paratroopers from U.S., Germany, France, Holland, and United Kingdom, re-enacted the D-Day airborne operation on the La Fiere fields near Sainte-Mere-Eglise.

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