Death From Above: Minnesota Paratroopers in World War II

Published: May 28, 2010, 10:30 a.m.

Paratroopers jumped into danger during the D-Day invasion of Normandy and in campaigns across the globe during World War II. To mark Memorial Day and the anniversary of D-Day, curator Matt Anderson introduces a few of Minnesota’s own airborne soldiers while looking at their personal artifacts found within the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. [...]