General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking with 1st Lieutenant Wallace C. Strobel and men of Company E, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment on 5 June, 1944. [3924 × 3051]
General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking with 1st Lieutenant Wallace C. Strobel and men of Company E, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment on 5 June, 1944. [3924 × 3051]
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It was Strobel’s 22nd birthday. He did make it through the war. He died in 1999.
The sign around his neck was his plane number, because he was the jump master.