![]() ![]() Ambrose's D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II. It was during this time that I read Stephen E. Through the association and later through historians of the Troop Carrier in Holland, I made a wide range of contacts with Troop Carrier veterans and became knowledgeable about their history. I was fortunate that some members of the 440th maintained an association for reunion purposes and made contact with them. He was a member of the 440th Troop Carrier Group, 9th Troop Carrier Command in the European Theater of WWII. Dad had been a member of an elite unit of the US Army Air Force, the Airborne Troop Carrier, which was specially trained for the insertion, re-supply and medical evacuation of Army Airborne units behind enemy lines. In the winter of 1999 I undertook to document the WWII service of my late father for a family history. Stephen Ambrose, D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II (page 198) They had not been trained for night flying, or for flak or bad weather." ![]() For most of the pilots of Troop Carrier Command this was their first combat mission. ![]()
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