Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Na farko Amurka iska saukar da fama manufa ya faru a lokacin Operation Torch
a Arewacin Afirka a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba 1942. Maza 531 na Bataliya ta biyu, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment sun tashi da dare daga Burtaniya, a kan Spain, da niyyar sauka kusa da Oran da kuma kama filayen jirgin sama biyu. Kuskuren jirgin ruwa, matsalar sadarwa, da kuma mummunar yanayi sun sa sojojin suka watse. Bakwai daga cikin 39 C-47s sun sauka nesa da Oran daga Gibraltar zuwa Tunisia, kuma kawai goma ne suka isar da dakarunsu ta hanyar faduwar faduwa. Sauran da aka sauke bayan 28 C-47 masu dauke da sojoji, ba su da isasshen man fetur, suka sauka a kan tafkin Sebkra d'Oran, kuma suka yi tafiya zuwa ga manufofin su.