File:Beuzeville Au Plain C47 Crash Site Memorial for 101st Air Assault 150603-A-DI144-987.jpg
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DescriptionBeuzeville Au Plain C47 Crash Site Memorial for 101st Air Assault 150603-A-DI144-987.jpg |
English: "In a few hours I'm going to take the best company of men in the world into France. We'll give the bastards hell. Strangely, I'm not particularly scared. But in my heart is a terrific longing to hold you in my arms. I love you Sweetheart - forever. Your Tom," an excerpt from a letter that was written by 1st Lt. Thomas Meehan III, company commander of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Air Assault. The hands of a wristwatch forever stopped at 1:12 on the morning of June 5, 1944 were lost to the fields outside of Beuzeville Au Plain, 56 years later they were recovered. A year later, in 2001, a monument was unveiled to memorialize the crew and paratroopers; closing a chapter of an unfinished story for the family, friends, loved ones and comrades of the men who lost their lives during Operation Overload. The C-47 carrying Meehan was hit with anti-aircraft fire, and caught fire near the rear of the plane. As the fire traveled forward to the cockpit, the paratroopers aboard were unable to jump because the plane's altitude was too low for the parachutes to open. All were lost in the crash. Today, June 3, 2015, Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) attend a ceremony to remember those men and their actions on that fateful day. Over 380 service members from Europe and affiliated D-Day historical units are participating in the 71st anniversary as part of JTF D-Day 71. The Task Force, based in Saint Mere Eglise, France, is supporting local events across Normandy, June 2-8, 2015, to commemorate the selfless actions by all the allies on D-Day that continue to resonate 71 years later. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Saska Ball, USACAPOC(A) PAO)
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Date | Taken on 3 June 2015 | |||
Source | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2008651/beuzeville-au-plain-c47-crash-site-memorial-101st-air-assault | |||
Author | Capt. Saska Ball | |||
Location InfoField | BEUZEVILLE AU PLAIN, FR | |||
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Posted InfoField | 17 June 2015, 17:04 | |||
Archive link InfoField | archive copy at the Wayback Machine |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
Camera model | NIKON D300S |
Author | Capt. Saska Ball |
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Exposure time | 1/200 sec (0.005) |
F-number | f/8 |
ISO speed rating | 400 |
Lens focal length | 70 mm |
Short title | 150603-A-DI144-987 |
Date and time of data generation | 20:00, 2 June 2015 |
City shown | Beuzeville Au Plain |
Headline | Beuzeville Au Plain C47 Crash Site Memorial for 101st Air Assault |
Credit/Provider | U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psyc |
Source | Digital |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 240 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 240 dpi |
Exposure Program | Manual |
Exif version | 2.3 |
APEX shutter speed | 7.643856 |
APEX aperture | 6 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) |
Subject distance | 0.56 meters |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Manual exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 105 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | Low gain up |
Contrast | Hard |
Saturation | High saturation |
Sharpness | Hard |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
IIM version | 4 |
Supplemental categories | Unclassified |
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Special instructions | Released Capt. Saska Ball U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) saska.ball@us.army.mil via DVIDS |
Code for country shown | FR |
Country shown | France |
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Identifier | DVIDS Image ID 2008651 |
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