In this photo provided by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, U.S. paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions fix their static lines before a jump before dawn over Normandy on D-Day June 6, 1944, in France. (U.S. Army Signal Corps via AP)
Of the thousands of U.S. and allied troops that took part in D-Day, two 82nd Airborne paratroopers were in France last June for the D-Day anniversary.
The two ― George Schenkle and Joseph Morettini ― were interviewed in France in June 2017 by the Army (the video, by Staff Sgt. James Walker, was posted to DVIDS on Jan. 25, 2018).
The last two D-Day paratroopers share their perspectives of that fateful day (Staff Sgt. James Walker/Army via DVIDS)
Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the number of surviving 82nd Airborne members.
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