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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
Eagles of Mercy
Two American Airborne medics care for both American and German wounded on D-Day
Special: 56:37
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