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Raiders in Belleau Wood — site of famous battle by U.S. Marines attached to the 2nd U.S. Army Division.

Richmond Raider cadets invade Normandy – Part 3: Old battlegrounds and...

Cadet Jordan Ballow - Raider Battalion - July 8, 2019 0

Richmond Raider Battalion cadets, instructor, and chaperones take a moment to pose for a photo before beginning the trek up Mont-Saint-Michel.

Richmond Raider cadets invade Normandy – Part 2: Digging deep into...

Cadet Chason Wilson - Raider Battalion - July 5, 2019 0

Getting ready to go for a nice run up Utah Beach on the first morning that the group woke up in France. Raiders ran over two-and-a-half miles south along the beach, stopped and did a bunch of push-ups, and then ran back. What a great way to acclimatize. Left to right: Jon Ring, Jordan Ballow, Billy Wilson, and Chason Wilson

Richmond Raider cadets invade Normandy – Part 1

Cadet Billy Wilson - Raider Battalion - July 2, 2019 0

Jon Ring holds the VFW Auxiliary flag on Omaha Beach while touring Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Dispatches from Normandy Part VIII: A final day at the final...

Jon Ring - June 12, 2019 0

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Jon Ring holds a U.S. flag that he jumped with over the tiny village of Angoville au Plain

Dispatches from Normandy Part VII: Praying for a nice landing

Jon Ring - June 11, 2019 0

Jon Ring performs a Jumpmaster Personnel Inspection on a fellow Liberty Jump Teammate.

Dispatches from Normandy Part VI: War never happens the way you...

Jon Ring - June 10, 2019 0

A German paratrooper, the only World War II veteran present at a ceremony in Hemevez, lays a wreath at the memorial the the seven paratroopers executed in Hemevez.

Dispatches from Normandy Part V: The nearly forgotten actions at Hemevez

Jon Ring - June 9, 2019 0

Jon Ring stops at Pointe du Hoc, which was a heavily fortified position of operational significance that needed to be secured as an early priority of D-Day.

Dispatches from Normandy Part IV: The perils of Pointe du Hoc

Jon Ring - June 7, 2019 0

Jon Ring stands outside the church at Saint Maire Eglise.

Dispatches from Normandy Part III: Reminders of the Allied expedition

Jon Ring - June 7, 2019 0

Jon Ring lands in St. Germain de Varreville near the marker for W.O. Davis, a young American truck driver who was killed in the area on the 10th of June, 1944.

Dispatches from Normandy Part II: Reflections of sacrifice

Jon Ring - June 6, 2019 0

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