World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>: American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratrooper" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Paratrooper">paratroopers</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="101st Airborne Division">101st Airborne Division</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carentan" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Carentan">secure</a> the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carentan" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Carentan">Carentan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Normandy">Normandy</a>, France.