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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. William D. Owens, circa 1944, served as a paratrooper with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. Owens was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross during a June 5, 2025, ceremony in Sainte-Mère-Église, France, for his actions during the D-Day landings at La Fière. The award was presented as part of the 81st anniversary of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944. (U.S. Army photo, courtesy of the Owens family)
| Date Taken: | 06.05.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 06.12.2025 11:03 |
| Photo ID: | 9106146 |
| VIRIN: | 250605-A-JK956-1274 |
| Resolution: | 350x560 |
| Size: | 26.76 KB |
| Location: | NORMANDY, FR |
| Web Views: | 28 |
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