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Here's a grouping that I posted in another thread but it seems fitting here. Maybe if we get enough in this thread we can get it pinned?
Anyway I'd like to remember all the soldiers (on both sides) that died or went through hell on this day in 1944.
These items all came from a shoebox marked "Uncle Rob Stuff" and are attributed to a 501st PIR paratrooper that made the jump early in the morning on June 6, 1944. Here are some of the items that he returned from the war with including his signal "Cricket" from D-Day.
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US Navy M1 helmet worn by Philip W. Haigh
US Navy M1 helmet worn by Philip W. Haigh of Fayetteville, North Carolina during the D-Day invasion June 6, 1944...His fixed bale helmet is painted with his initials on the front and with an orange arc on the rear...Mr. Haigh served in both the Anzio and Normandy invasions landing troops in both campaigns...Ed
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D-Day Omaha Beach Grouping of 1st Sgt. Windel W. Byers Company B 149th Engineer Comba
D-Day Omaha Beach Grouping of 1st Sgt. Windel W. Byers Company B 149th Engineer Combat Battalion: 1st Sgt. Byers' M1 combat helmet with white arc painted on the front, his D-Day map of France, two pages from the 149th Engineer D-Day journal, his copy of General Eisenhower's D-Day letter given to the troops of Operation Overlord prior to the Normandy invasion and a few D-Day photographs taken shortly after the battle... Also shown are a Bible given him by his parents and his Ike jacket with Special Engineers pocket patch and Engineer Special Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia.
The 149th Engineer Combat Battalion served with the 7th Naval Beach Battalion and part of the 6th Engineer Special Brigade and was attached to the overall Provisional Engineer Special Brigade Group.
Link to photos of his grouping : http://www.battlefieldmuseum.org/eng...r=World+War+II
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D-Day Omaha Beach Grouping of 1st Sgt. Windel W. Byers Company B 149th Engineer Comba
D-Day Omaha Beach Grouping of 1st Sgt. Windel W. Byers Company B 149th Engineer Combat Battalion
Link to more photos: http://www.battlefieldmuseum.org/eng...r=World+War+II
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