Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Rukunin Jirgin Sama na 82 na Amurka, wanda Manjo Janar Matthew Ridgway ya ba da umarni, ya kasance tsohon soja, tare da raka'a biyu, na 504th da 505th Parachute Infantry Regiments (PIR), suna yin tsalle-tsalle a cikin Sicily
da Italiya. Duk da haka, 504th bai isa Ingila ba a lokacin da za a horar da shi don Operation Neptune, kuma an maye gurbinsa a cikin aikin da 507th da 508th PIRs, dukansu na wucin gadi don aikin (507th daga baya ya canja zuwa 17th Airborne Division). Saboda kwarewar yaƙin da ta gabata, an ba da Rukunin Jirgin Sama na 82 mafi haɗari daga cikin ayyukan tsalle biyu, zuwa tsakiyar Cotentin. Ƙungiyarsa ta ƙarshe, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, an tsara shi don tashi a ranar 7 ga Yuni.