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Paratrooper Langrehr Story Tied to Normandy Invasion
Marion historian David V. Wendell recalls Clinton Iowa native Henry Langrehr a member of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 325th Glider Infantry of the 82nd Airborne who jumped into Normandy near St Mere Eglise. Langrehr survived artillery fire and a tank shell to endure a German labor camp and a dangerous escape before returning home to rebuild a life and later share his memoir Whatever it Took detailing Europe survival and heroism.
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Hitler
England
508Rd Parachute Infantry Regiment
325Th Glider Infantry
82Nd Airborne
WACO
Henry Langrehr
Clinton
Iowa
National Youth Administration
Works Progress Administration
Secretary of Commerce
Harry Hopkins
Sioux City
United States
Langrehr
Camp Dodge
NVA
St. Mere-Eglise
France
Arlene
James DeFelice
Europe
Normandy