British paratrooper came across Nazi death camp on VE Day - Peter Belcher, aged 101, spoke of ‘relief’ that the war was over.

On June 6, 1944, Allied paratroopers from the 101st Airborne dropped into chaos behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied France. Among them was one soldier who would live to tell a truly remarkable story.

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Owens, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, descended into a drop zone just west of Sainte-Mere-Eglise in the early hours of June 6, 1944.

FORT BRAGG. Roland Bragg was a 21-year-old paratrooper from Maine when he found himself pinned down by artillery fire near the end of World War II, out of ammunition as the Germans closed in.

British paratrooper came across Nazi death camp on VE Day Peter Belcher, aged 101, spoke of ‘relief’ that the war was over. Pat Hurst. Wednesday 07 May 2025 00:01 BST. open image in gallery.

FORT BRAGG. Roland Bragg was a 21-year-old paratrooper from Maine when he found himself pinned down by artillery fire near the end of World War II, out of ammunition as the Germans closed in.

British paratrooper came across Nazi death camp on VE Day. Pat Hurst. 6 May 2025 at 4:01 pm · 5-min read. Link copied. While millions rejoiced across a devastated Europe as the guns finally fell ...