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Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers

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Untold and lost history. A true story of the American Pathfinders, the volunteer paratroopers whose deadly mission was to land 30 minutes before the Normandy invasion, locate and mark strategic "drop zones" and set up the top-secret navigation equipment needed to guide the main airborne assault on D-Day.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2011-01-11

Runtime: 91 mins

Director: Curt A. Sindelar

Spoken language: English

Genres: War, Action, History

Original title: Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers

Production Companies: Portland Independent Films

Production Countries: United States of America

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