Mission Was Impossible
I would hope that Shauna Snow was merely repeating some news service copy when she reported on “a U.S. Army unit that captured Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest as part of the D-day mission” (Morning Report, Dec. 2).
The 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, was indeed at Normandy in June, and in April of ’45 was in on the capture of the Berghof (Hitler’s residence) and the Adler-Horst (Eagle’s Nest or Tea House, which was the chateau above the Berghof), but Normandy to Bavaria and 10 months passage is quite a leap to be part of the same mission.
GEORGE M. CAGNI
San Diego
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