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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...

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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...

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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

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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...

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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Jon Ring stands outside the church at Saint Maire Eglise.

Dispatches from Normandy Part III: Reminders of the Allied expedition

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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

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