![]() ![]() He participated in Mission Albany, the airborne landing portion of Operation Neptune, the largest amphibious invasion in history, which was the assault portion of Operation Overlord. ![]() He was assigned to E (“Easy”) company, 2 nd Battalion, 506 th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101 st Airborne Division. He received his jump certification in 1942. He volunteered to be a paratrooper after reading a Life magazine article about them being the best. He tried enlisting in the Marine Corps and the Army Air Corps, but was drafted into the Army in 1942. Donald was one of several members of Easy Company who were portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.ĭonald was in his first semester at the University of Oregon when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Donald Malarkey. ![]()
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