Keegan manages to cut him down just as the Germans launch a counter-attack on the now trapped soldiers. Magnuson dangling from the church rafters, having landed there during the drop. Chalmers, who had parachuted into Normandy. Along the way they find two other members of their squad, Pfc. Garrett, move towards the rallying point, an old church near the edge of town, encountering large numbers of German troops along the way. The glider crashes hard during the landing and Keegan and the only other surviving soldier, Cpl. In the second mission, Keegan is part of a glider unit landed as part of Operation Neptune during the invasion of Normandy.
They blow the bunker open with explosives and shoot their way in, killing all of the German forces inside, before blowing up the cannons, finally safeguarding the Allied invasion force.
Once through the town, they make their way to a nearby coastal bunker which houses several large cannons that threaten any Allied ships that come near. The next morning the paratroopers fend off an enemy counterattack before clearing the main square and the rest of the town. They fight through the small coastal town against moderate opposition from Italian forces. He manages to deploy his parachute and make it to the ground, where he meets up with his squad leader, MSgt. Barely reaching the coast, the plane is ripped in half and Keegan and several other soldiers are thrown out. when the airborne force he is assigned to is suddenly attacked by US Navy ships, believing the Allied planes to be German. Keegan is in a C-47 aircraft somewhere off the coast of Sicily. The first mission takes place in 1943 during Operation Husky. Frank Keegan, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, and 17th Airborne Division fighting the Axis forces of Nazi Germany and the Kingdom of Italy.