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(Courtesy Brodd family, click to enlarge)
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Harold Brodd, I
Company, made a donation to the fund established to enshrine a C-47 in the
Musée (museum) Airborne de Sainte-Mère-Eglise.
Dated June 6, 1979 it commemorates the 35th anniversary of
D-Day,
This letter of thanks was sent by Bob Murphy, who had been in
A Company, 505th and is known for his leadership in the defense of the La
Fiere bridge. Murphy retired as a Colonel and became a lawyer after he
left the army. He also wrote the book
"No Better Place to Die"
a quotation of his own words to his platoon.
It is interesting to note that
when the C-47 aircraft made
its last flight as it was being delivered to the museum, Bob made a
parachute jump from the plane. |
