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”Into the Night”: Matt Hall’s illustration depicts Douglas C-47s of IX Troop Carrier Command dropping paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions over Normandy at 1 a.m. on D-Day—June 6, 1944. (Matt Hall/Valor Studios)
Matt Hall/Valor Studios