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Original Item: Only One Available. WWII 101st Airborne material are some of the hardest most collectible items on the market, due to the small number of paratroops that landed in combat in comparison to infantry soldiers.
This very nice condition WW2 Class A Uniform jacket worn by a Private First Class in the 101st Airborne who landed in Europe and fought during WW2. The uniform features lovely infantry collar discs that still shine bright and are untarnished. The left breast has a set of beautiful jump wings with a red, white and blue oval patch behind. The awards featured is the EAME ribbon with 2 campaign stars, Combat Infantry Badge and a Presidential Unit Citation. The left and right sleeve both have a single rank chevron for a Private First Class. The upper left shoulder has a beautiful 101st Airborne Division Screaming Eagle patch and rocker with 2 overseas stripes down by the cuff. The included overseas cover is a lovely aged brown and features red piping as well as a “red parachute patch” roundel indicating airborne artillery service. The cover is a size 6 ⅞.
Both come ready to display!
Measurements:
Collar to shoulder: 9.5”
Shoulder to sleeve: 22.5”
Shoulder to shoulder: 18.5”
Chest width: 18.5”
Waist width: 18.5”
Hip width: 23”
Front length: 31"
The 101st Airborne Division ("Screaming Eagles") is an elite modular specialized light infantry division of the United States Army trained for air assault operations. It is the most potent and the most tactically mobile of the U.S. Army's divisions.The 101st Airborne at a moment's notice is able to plan, coordinate, and execute brigade-size air assault operations capable of seizing key terrain in support of operational objectives. The 101st Airborne Division is capable of working in austere environments with limited or degraded infrastructure. Its unique battlefield mobility and high level of training have kept the 101st Airborne Division in the vanguard of America's land combat forces in recent conflicts.
D-Day
The pathfinders of the 101st Airborne Division led the way on D-Day
in the night drop prior to the invasion. These night drops caused a lot of trouble for the gliders. Many crashed and equipment and personnel were lost. They left from RAF North Witham having trained there with the 82nd Airborne Division.
The 101st Airborne Division's objectives were to secure the four causeway exits behind Utah Beach between St Martin-de-Varreville and Pouppeville to ensure the exit route for the 4th Infantry Division from the beach later that morning. The other objectives included destroying a German coastal artillery battery at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, capturing buildings nearby at Mésières believed used as barracks and a command post for the artillery battery, capturing the Douve River lock at La Barquette (opposite Carentan), capturing two footbridges spanning the Douve at La Porte opposite Brévands, destroying the highway bridges over the Douve at Saint-Côme-du-Mont, and securing the Douve River valley. Their secondary mission was to protect the southern flank of VII Corps. They destroyed two bridges along the Carentan highway and a railroad bridge just west of it. They gained control of La Barquette locks, and established a bridgehead over Douve River which was located north-east of Carentan.
In the process units also disrupted German communications, established roadblocks to hamper the movement of German reinforcements, established a defensive line between the beachhead and Valognes, cleared the area of the drop zones to the unit boundary at Les Forges, and linked up with the 82nd Airborne Division.
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