The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion: The African American Heroes of the D-Day Invasion
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The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion: The African American Heroes of the D-Day Invasion
Students will learn about the brave men of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion and their extraordinary mission to help protect US soldiers during the D-Day Invasions on June 6, 1944.
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The barrage began just after 2 AM, following reports of an unidentified object over the city. For nearly two hours, gun crews blasted the sky, yet no wreckage or enemy aircraft were ever found. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox famously dismissed the event the next day as a case of 'war nerves,' a false alarm fueled by the recent attack on Pearl Harbor just months earlier and the real fear of a West Coast invasion. A 1983 U.S. Air Force historical study concluded the most likely culprit was a los
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