Saving Private Ryan — France
The 82nd Airborne drop zone -- the division Ryan served with. The town was the first French town liberated on D-Day, hours before the beach landings.
American paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division dropped into the area around Sainte-Mere-Eglise in the early hours of June 6, 1944. The town was secured by 0500 -- the first French commune liberated in the Normandy invasion.
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