503rd Jump at Nadzab, 1943

[Jelifish925]

I knew my father (then Lt. Wilburn Grant) was with the 503rd in 1943 and I heard him tell about this jump many times. Then when I discovered this video, I was so thrilled to locate his picture. He's at the right of the frame at 1:14 on the film.

[BFCer1]

Mein Opa war an der Ostfront !

[peterm3964]

Aussies made their only combat jump of ww2 at nadzab too

[amartinjoe]

General George Kenney!!

[chilllpsupbabe]

my great uncle Lt. William Blake was a demolitions expert for 503rd.

[billylacas]

my grandpa jumped out of 1 of those planes.

[abbyraffles]

I'm writing about someone who was in Nadzab and found it hard to imagine, so I'm grateful for this video which shows the period of time I want to know about.