Each could carry six soldiers and their equipment; about 80 German soldiers landed on both banks of the river and an island.
The soldier flew past them and landed on his face, grunting with the force of the impact.
The soldiers landed several feet from the craft and remained still.
In the mad hurry to get away before the German bombers arrived, the soldiers landed without much of their kit.
It promised soldiers land instead of money salaries.
By midnight, 36,000 soldiers and 3,200 vehicles had landed on the beaches.
It was a different story on June 6, 1944, when British soldiers landed.
The cove wherein the five hundred soldiers from Rhodes landed looked exactly like every other.
The soldier with the tools to spike the cannons had accidentally landed on the opposite side of the river.
Spinning, the soldier landed a ringing left that rocked Garvey backward.