Operation Torch: WW2s first Paratrooper Missions Were On One-Way Flights With Drops Into Total Darkness

Published: March 2, 2023, 7:20 a.m.

The December 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor thrust the\nUnited States into World War II. Just six months later in May 1942,\nflying new C-47 transport aircraft, the 60th Troop Carrier Group led\nthe way as the first U.S. TCG to deploy to...