Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895–July 26, 1993) was a ...

At that time, the Airborne Division concept was an experiment for the US Army. Ridgway helped plan the airborne invasion of Sicily, in 1943, and a year later, he helped plan the airborne operations on Operation Overlord. In the Normandy operations, he jumped with his troops, which fought for 33 days in advancing to St-Sauveur-le-Vicomte. ................
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