Operation Dragoon Paratrooper helmet.

[kammo man]

JL ,
Thank you for sharing this wonderful tale.
You have a real piece of serious history in your possession.
Look after it well.......
owen

[gj dettore]

Jean-Loup,
Just read this thread for the first time and sorry to read of the loss of your friend, trooper Moles. Your interest in him obviously had a great positive influence on his later years and what he did with those remaining years. Thank you.

[dmwg40]

Rip.

[Jim McCauley]

Godspeed Airborne.

[Tom Kibler]

RIP - your last jump....

[Jean-Loup]

Hi guys. Interviews with Marvin Moles (and many other First Airborne Task Force veterans), photos of this and similar 517th helmets, and a very detailed history of the war on the French Riviera can be found in my book that has just been released: http://autopsyofabattle.blogspot.com/