Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tīmatanga o te pakanga, i whakawhitihia a John Donalson, i te nuinga o te wā e rere ana ki te 106th Observation Squadron i Alabama, i tohaina ki te papa rererangi o te Moananui a Kiwa i te wā o te pakanga, ki Uropi. I te nuinga o te wā, ka rere ia i tētahi Douglas C-47 Skytrain i tapaina e ia ko "Belle of Birmingham", hei whakahonore i te taone nui rawa atu o tōna whenua. Engari mō te Operation Overlord, te whakaekenga o Normandy i te tau 1944 i whakatuwheratia ai te rārangi uru
, he mea tika ki te tapahi i nga poka i roto i te fuselage o te waka rererangi mo nga taputapu taapiri. Ko Donalson, i taua wa e whakahau ana i te 438th Troop Carrier Group o te 87th Troop Carrier Squadron, he waahanga o te IX Troop Carrier Command, i whakakahore, no reira i tukuna atu ki a ia tetahi C-47 hei arahi i te hanganga o aua rererangi i hinga ai nga paratroopers ki nga takutai o Parani.