Original U.S. WWII Named 508th PIR 82nd Airborne Division Uniform Ike Jacket with Star-Embedded Paratrooper Wings & Ribbon Bar - Harold Allen Hughes German Holsters the upper was cotton

the upper was cotton

to Major on June 10th 1826 and he retired in 1827

American made Model 1918 Mark I knives were produced by Henry Disston & Sons

- Champion’s dog tag on its original string

which may have been painted over

Original U.S. WWII Named 508th PIR 82nd Airborne Division Uniform Ike Jacket with Star-Embedded Paratrooper Wings & Ribbon Bar - Harold Allen Hughes German Holsters the upper was cottonOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment participated in Operation Overlord, jumping into Normandy at 2: 15 a. m. on 6 June 1944. The 82nd objectives were to capture Sainte Mre glise, secure crossings at the Merderet River near La Fiere and Chef du Pont, and establish a defensive line north from Neuville au Plain to Breuzeville au Plain. There they were to tie in with the 502nd Parachute Infantry, of Major General Maxwell