Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tīmatanga o te pakanga, i whakawhitihia a John Donalson, i te mea i rere i te nuinga o te waa ki te 106th Observation Squadron i Alabama, i tohaina ki te papa rererangi o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i 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 mo te Operation Overlord, te 1944 whakaekenga o Normandy i whakatuwhera i te
I te taha ki te hauauru, he mea tika kia tapahia he rua ki te papa 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.