Due to a shortage of glider tow-planes, elements of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division embark for Utah Beach on LCVPs. Part of General Howell's C-Force, they were originally slated to arrive on D-plus-2, but instead hit the beach on D-Day. Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, from Normandy: Breaching the Atlantic Wall by Dominique Francois.
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