Operation Dragoon
The Invasion of Southern France, August 14, 1944
Troopers of the 517th Parachute Infantry, First Airborne Task Force, in Operation Dragoon, Southern France, in a roadside ditch after landing at La Motte, France, August 15th 1944. - National Archives |
excerpts from Airborne Forces at War
By John T. Greenwood, Robert K. Wright, Association of
the United States Army photos from the National Archives |