Eagles of Mercy

History Series

On June 6, 1944, two young American medics with the 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles" parachute into France, and become trapped in the small village of Angoville-au-Plain. Medics Robert Wright and Kenneth Moore recount the rigors of basic training, parachuting into Normandy, surviving German anti-aircraft artillery and carrying on their life-saving work.

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Eagles of Mercy

56m 37s / TV-PG

Two American 101st Airborne (Screaming Eagles) medics were caught in a church in Normandy, France; during the opening hours of Outside, a savage battle raged all around them The church changed hands several times with American and German forces over-running the village of Angoville-au-Plain. Inside the small church, the wounded wore Allied and German uniforms and civilian clothing.

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