duarte1223 Posted August 22, 2007 Share #1 Posted August 22, 2007 I talked to a veteran of the 327th GIR today who landed on D-Day in a landing craft, due to a lack of planes to tow gliders. Has anyone else heard of this? Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted August 22, 2007 Share #2 Posted August 22, 2007 I talked to a veteran of the 327th GIR today who landed on D-Day in a landing craft, due to a lack of planes to tow gliders. Has anyone else heard of this? Adam Yes, lots of 327th troops crossed the channel on boats... Look at the DVD series 'Color of War'... It has color footage of them boarding the landing craft in a British harbor... Scroll down halfway this page to see 327th troops in a British harbor with a handcart: http://www.theliberator.be/handcart.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneydave Posted August 22, 2007 Share #3 Posted August 22, 2007 Interesting site Johan...I paid no attention to those carts previously...thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted August 22, 2007 Share #4 Posted August 22, 2007 Interesting site Johan...I paid no attention to those carts previously...thanks! Thanks Dave.... It's a page of my site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted August 22, 2007 Share #5 Posted August 22, 2007 I talked to a veteran of the 327th GIR today who landed on D-Day in a landing craft, due to a lack of planes to tow gliders. Has anyone else heard of this? Hello, Michel De Trez wrote about it and showed it in his "American Warriors" book. See the last Chapter under the title of "Force 'C' - The Seaborne Troops", page 209. The Chapter dedicated to the 327th GIR transported to Normandy via assault boats. Best regards Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duarte1223 Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted August 22, 2007 Thanks guys! The paratrooper in question, a Mr. Dickinson, was the man who went to get the Germans that discussed the surrender of the 101st in Bastogne. He was the only person who went to receive and blindfold them, and was supported by a BAR gunner hidden in a thicket. After the fact, the press interviewed a man by the last name of Butler, who said that it was him, 2 others, and Dickinson, who did it, just to get his name in the newspaper. He didn't know about it until he was in the hospital in Normandy and the nurse brought him a copy of Stars and Stripes with the article in it. The story, and a letter from him to the author, is included in "The Battered Bastards of Bastogne" in the Dec. 22 chapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattle Posted August 22, 2007 Share #7 Posted August 22, 2007 Here is a pic in the landing craft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Robinson Posted August 23, 2007 Share #8 Posted August 23, 2007 I talked to a veteran of the 327th GIR today who landed on D-Day in a landing craft, due to a lack of planes to tow gliders. Has anyone else heard of this? Adam Yes....they didn't have sufficient C 130's to tow all the gliders. My uncle was a communications officer in Regimental HQ Company of the 327th GIR and he came ashore at Utah beach. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted August 23, 2007 Share #9 Posted August 23, 2007 they didn't have sufficient C 130's to tow all the gliders. My uncle was a communications officer in Regimental HQ Company of the 327th GIR and he came ashore at Utah beach. Good Morning Imagine if they would have had them.... and a couple of gunships as extra's..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper704 Posted August 23, 2007 Share #10 Posted August 23, 2007 Don't forget the Hueys hovering over the beach .... Erwin Good Morning Imagine if they would have had them.... and a couple of gunships as extra's..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewA74 Posted August 24, 2007 Share #11 Posted August 24, 2007 Don't forget the Hueys hovering over the beach .... Erwin Hueys? What about good old M-1A1 Tanks with curtains on the side!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIl Sanow Posted August 27, 2007 Share #12 Posted August 27, 2007 Yes....they didn't have sufficient C 130's to tow all the gliders. My uncle was a communications officer in Regimental HQ Company of the 327th GIR and he came ashore at Utah beach. Greg Could you perhaps mean C-47's (or possibly C-46's) instead of C-130"s? G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Borgmann Posted November 23, 2007 Share #13 Posted November 23, 2007 Here is a pic in the landing craft. Neat picture, anyone know which company these guys were in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Robinson Posted November 23, 2007 Share #14 Posted November 23, 2007 Could you perhaps mean C-47's (or possibly C-46's) instead of C-130"s? G Yeah.....I was having a senior moment when I wrote that Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenm Posted November 28, 2007 Share #15 Posted November 28, 2007 Neat picture, anyone know which company these guys were in? Got to be 2nd Battalion by the helmet markings, making it E, F or G companies in the 327th's odd company numbering system (no D, no H). Cheers, Glen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphie5002 Posted May 11, 2008 Share #16 Posted May 11, 2008 That is an awesome photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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