"1939 - 1945" . . "United States. Army" . . . . . "Tells of the Pathfinders, who were the first groups of parachute troops to be dropped behind enemy lines during nighttime Allied aerial assaults in World War II. Their mission was to secretly set up radar and lights to guide transport planes carrying the main forces to the right drop zones and then continue to fight the war on the ground. Tells of the Pathfinders' role during the D-Day invasion of Europe and later in southern France. Includes film footage, reenactments, and interviews." . . . "Dangerous missions. Pathfinders"@en . "Dangerous missions. Pathfinders" . . . "Forward observers: From the 15th-century assault on Constantinople to the unmanned high-tech drones of the Gulf War, see how battlefield scouts can spell the difference between victory and defeat."@en . . . "Pathfinders"@en . "Pathfinders" . . . "Forward observers"@en . . . . . . "DVD-Video discs"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "History" . "Pathfinders: They risked their lives for the most important allied airborne assaults of World War II, dropping behind enemy lines to set up secret radar transmitters and lights to guide the oncoming transport planes. The Germans called them \"devils in baggy pants.\" But we know them simply as the Pathfinders."@en . . . . . . . "Documentary films"@en . . . .