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Original Items: Only One Group Available. This is a wonderful group of items that from a wounded on D-Day paratrooper that comes with research binder, dog tags and more.
Sergeant Cecil Dewitt Roberson enlisted in the U.S. Army on April 29, 1942 out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served with the 17th Airborne Division before being sent to France for the war, where he would serve with the famed “All American” 82nd Airborne Division. While Serving with “Easy Company” 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, he made multiple combat jumps in France and Germany. He is featured in the Company E 507th PIR regimental book (copy of the page included). He is also listed on two C-47 jump rosters for both D-Day and Operation Varsity (copies of which are included). The research binder features copies of morning reports, rosters, payroll records all of which mention Roberson.
During Operation Neptune, In the early hours of June 6, 1944, the 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers including Sergeant Robertson, dropped behind German lines and were the first arrivals in France during the D-Day Normandy invasion. During the course of his tooth and nail fighting, Robertson was wounded in action, sustaining fragmentation wounds from an enemy artillery shell. He was hospitalized for his wounds until November 1944, earning him the Purple Heart.
After healing from his wounds he would continue fighting in the war and took part in Operation Varsity in Wesel, Germany, the largest airborne operation in history to be conducted on a single day in one location.
This Ike Jacket, used by Sergeant Cecil Robertson, member of the 17th Airborne Division and later the 82nd airborne Division during World War Two, is in excellent condition and a size 34R. It bears an original 17th Airborne Division embroidered shoulder patch insignia on the right shoulder and a 82nd Airborne Division patch on the left shoulder. The jacket has a set of jump wings, Sterling Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) and the following medal ribbons: Purple Heart, Good Conduct, American Campaign, European-African Middle East Campaign with 4 campaign stars and 1 bronze arrowhead (invasion) and last a WWII Victory medal. The sleeves bear sergeant chevrons as well as four overseas service bars for 24+ months of overseas service and a service stripe. Featured on the right side is a ruptured duck patch and a Presidential Unit Citation. Attached to the left shoulder strap is Robertson’s original dog tags. Overall condition is excellent.
Also included is a beautiful size 6 blue piped PIR overseas cover in excellent condition, an unmarked Purple Heart Medal with presentation box, GCM ribbon, EAME ribbon, GCM lapel device, Good Conduct Medal with box, WWII Victory Medal with box and a binder full of research.
You will never encounter another opportunity like this, especially one with research in hand. The uniform grouping comes ready to research and display!
The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into denied areas with a U.S. Department of Defense requirement to "respond to crisis contingencies anywhere in the world within 18 hours". Based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The 82nd Airborne Division is the U.S. Army's most strategically mobile division. More recently, the 82nd Airborne has been conducting operations in Iraq, advising and assisting Iraqi Security Forces.
The division was constituted, originally as the 82nd Division, in the National Army on 5 August 1917, shortly after the American entry into World War I. It was organized on 25 August 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia and later served with distinction on the Western Front in the final months of World War I. Since its initial members came from all 48 states, the division acquired the nickname All-American, which is the basis for its famed "AA" on the shoulder patch. The division later served in World War II where, in August 1942, it was reconstituted as the first airborne division of the U.S. Army and fought in numerous campaigns during the war.
The 82nd Division was redesignated on 13 February 1942 during World War II, just two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the German declaration of war, as Division Headquarters, 82nd Division. It was ordered into active service on 25 March 1942, and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, under the command of Major General Omar Bradley. During this training period, the division brought together three officers who would ultimately steer the U.S. Army during the following two decades: Matthew Ridgway, James M. Gavin, and Maxwell D. Taylor. Under Major General Bradley, the 82nd Division's Chief of Staff was George Van Pope.
On 15 August 1942, the 82nd Infantry Division, now commanded by Major General Ridgway, became the first airborne division in the history of the U.S. Army, and was redesignated as the 82nd Airborne Division. The 82nd was selected after deliberations by the U.S. Army General Staff because of a number of factors; it was not a Regular Army or National Guard unit ("many traditionalists in those components wanted nothing to do with such an experimental force"), its personnel had all completed basic training, and it was stationed in an area that had good weather and flying facilities. The division initially consisted of the 325th, 326th and 327th Infantry Regiments, and supporting units. The 327th was soon transferred to help form the 101st Airborne Division and was replaced by the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, leaving the division with two regiments of glider infantry and one of parachute infantry. In February 1943 the division received another change when the 326th was transferred to the 13th Airborne Division, being replaced by the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, under James M. Gavin, then a colonel, who was later to command the division.
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