In this video, we'll learn about the unlikely origin story behind an icon of the Normandy Invasion on June 6th, 1944… the Acme 470 clicker, or as it's commonly known, the WWII Paratrooper Cricket.
Allied leaders in charge of the Normandy jumps before the seaborne D-Day landings had to come up with a strategy to help their troops find each other in the black of night and minimize the risk of friendly-fire incidents.
Major General Maxwell Taylor, the Commander of the 101st Airborne, discovered an unusual piece of equipment that would eventually become synonymous with the D-Day paratrooper operations.
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