DD080 GENERAL GAVIN 82ND AIRBORNE W.Britain-Scenics Once-great nations faltered and ones

Once-great nations faltered and ones once meager flourished

he ordered up reinforcements and moved fuel and supplies out of the way of the German advance

and skim over the tops of waves as low as 10

Confederate Artillery Crewman with Sponge and Rammer

a wooden box of

DD080 GENERAL GAVIN 82ND AIRBORNE W.Britain-Scenics Once-great nations faltered and onesDD080 General James Gavin 82nd Airborne The youngest divisional commander in the U. S. Army during WW2. Gavin was only 37 at the time of the Normandy and Market Garden jumps. He also enjoyed a very successful post war military and civilian career. Here, he is in parade dress, saluting.