Kammala wannan jumla: Babban aiki na gaba shi ne
Operation DRAGOON, mamayewar kudancin Faransa. An cire jirgin sama mai jigilar sojoji na filin wasa na Bahar Rum ta hanyar bukatun OVERLORD, kuma an rushe Hukumar Kula da Sojoji na XII (Na wucin gadi). Duk abin da ya rage shi ne 51st Troop Carrier Wing, ko da yake yana da cikakken ƙarfi bayan dawowar wani rukuni daga China Burma India Theater. Janar Eisenhower ya yarda ya aika da Rundunar Sojoji ta 50 da Rundunar Sojoji ta 53 tare da jimlar jiragen sama 416. Bugu da ƙari, an aika da jiragen sama na 12 da suka zo tare da su, suna kawo radar da kayan gani, da kuma ƙungiyoyin masu bincike daga 82nd da 101st Airborne Divisions. Jiragen saman sun tashi daga Burtaniya zuwa Italiya ta Gibraltar ko Marrakech kuma sun koma filayen jirgin sama da aka kama kwanan nan a yankin Rome. Sun kawo da su matukan jirgin sama masu saukowa 225. Don samar da matukan jirgi na biyu don masu hawa, wasu 375 da Kwamitin Jirgin Sama ya aika. Kimanin jiragen sama 140 ne kawai ke hannunsu, amma Ma'aikatar Yakin Amurka ta amince ta tura wasu 350 a cikin jirgi na gaba. Dole ne a ba su fifiko na musamman don share tashar jiragen ruwa na Naples, amma a ranar 9 ga watan Agusta, an ba da 327 gliders kuma an tattara su.