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AMFREVILLE, France (June 4, 2016) -
A memorial ceremony for the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division was conducted as part of the 72nd D-Day
commemorations. The Paratrooper in the statue represents
Pvt.
Joe Gandara, a 2nd Squadron, 507th PIR Paratrooper during World
War II who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor March 18,
2014, for single-handedly destroying three enemy machine guns
while taking devastating fire before he was fatally wounded.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Crista Mary Mack)
Country's Sake
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