PICAUVILLE, France – Paratroopers from 173rd Airborne Brigade perform airborne operation here June 8, during an event where paratroopers from the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italian, Netherlands and United Kingdom perform airborne operations together. The event hosted more than 50,000 spectators who witnessed approximately 750 paratroopers jump to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the battles that took place around Normandy and the paratroopers and Soldiers who fought on the same ground they were on. The event was one of several commemorations of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day operations conducted by the Allies during WWII, June 6, 1944. Task Force Normandy, led by the 173rd Airborne Brigade out of Vicenza, Italy, has organized 650 personnel from twenty U.S. units and six nations, at the invitation of the French government, to participate in the events happening across the region of Normandy. For more information on the events and the history of the operations conducted here, go to Flickr