C-47 AIRCRAFT MUSEUM FUND

(Courtesy Brodd family, click to enlarge)

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.