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101st Airborne Division

“It’s your life at stake all the time” – A paratrooper from the Coal Region on D-Day

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Jake Wynn

Private Jack Robins jumped into Normandy with the 101st Airborne Division on D-Day.

Posted in Coal Region, World War IITagged 101st Airborne Division, 1944, Chinchilla, Coal Region, D-Day, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, US Army, World War IILeave a comment

A Coal Region soldier’s jump into Holland during Operation Market Garden in 1944

Posted on June 10, 2019June 7, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Private Jack S. Robins jumped into Holland on September 17, 1944 with the 101st Airborne Division

Posted in Coal Region, World War IITagged 101st Airborne Division, Airborne, Chinchilla, Coal Region, Jack S. Robins, Lackawanna County, Letter, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Scranton, World War II2 Comments

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