D-Day Trooper Lands in Wrong Spot, Refuses Orders Because What Ike Told him | Ed Manley

D-Day Trooper Lands in Wrong Spot, Refuses Orders Because What Ike Told him | Ed Manley

WWII Veteran Ed Manley was a member of the 101st Airborne Division. In the early morning hours of D-Day, he parachuted a few miles inland from the invasion zone: Utah Beach. His job was to destroy enemy guns so they could not fire on ships and men during the invasion that would begin later that day. A veteran of the ‘Screaming Eagles’ throughout the European Theater, Manley is most noted for his appearance in the legendary photo of General Eisenhower speaking to the paratroopers shortly before their departure for the D-Day invasion. Watch and share his remarkable story.

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