National Museum of American History on Twitter: "76 years ago today, the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, an all African American unit, were part of the first waves of soldiers on Omaha and
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Protecting the Beaches with Balloons: D-Day and the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion | National Air and Space Museum
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Unknown Soldiers – How Black Barrage Balloon Troops Kept the D-Day Beaches Safe - MilitaryHistoryNow.com
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U.S. Troops Land At Normandy On D-Day. With The Beach Taken And Barrage Balloons Deterring German Aircraft History - Item # VAREVCHISL037EC199 - Posterazzi
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The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion: The African American Heroes of the D- Day Invasion | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
![US Army soldiers use a jeep to move a Very Low Altitude barrage balloon in southern England before D-Day, circa May 1944. : r/ColorizedHistory US Army soldiers use a jeep to move a Very Low Altitude barrage balloon in southern England before D-Day, circa May 1944. : r/ColorizedHistory](https://external-preview.redd.it/0-4UnamjSc0Ux9hB78pkxVaPfh--wtjIJ7Bt1jQT3NY.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=5ce479ad64474e478007c9c12419aec04e5340eb)