Cartridge belt for the M1 Garand rifle. 1943 dated with steel hardware. All inner straps present. The belt seems unused. Excellent condition.
Map of La Haye du Puits> Marked Edition of September 1943. Scale 1:25.000. This 'large scale' map (small area with much detail) is typical for combat use. It measures about 60.5 x 49.5 centimeters and was recently found along with similar scale maps on a flea market in Normandy. It has some...
Enlisted Men's wool shirt and garrison cap, ID-ed to Stanley Tracht, ASN 19109102, who enlisted on October 17, 1942. Tracht served with the 316th Troop Carrier group. The wool shirt is an early type, size 15 x 33. It still has its 1942 dated label. All buttons present It is adorned with felt...
Jump wings. Marked with the H in a circle of Jack Heller and Sterling on the back. This is a tough one to find. Very good condition.
325th Glider Infantry Regiment (82nd Airborne Division) DI. Pinback. Marked NS Meyer Inc. New York in raised lettering. This DI is just hard to find. Very good condition.
Wooden K ration crate that used for shipping by PFC Charles F. Chaplin, ASN 35974174, who enlisted on April 25, 1945. Chaplin served with the 3rd Infantry 'Honor Guard' Regiment which was a separate unit during WWII. The regiment arrived in Le Havre, France on March 18, 1945, and was attached...
Wool trousers type M-1943 with gasflap, size 34 x 34. With crisp label, 1943 dated. These are actually wool trousers of the M-1943 uniform, not to be mistaken for the common early war mustard color wool trousers or the late war dark wool trousers to match the Ike jacket. These trousers were...
This is the official unit book of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The book contains !%@ pages with many photos maps and rosters. The The 442nd RCT is best known for its history as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry (Nisei)....
7 Up sign that measures about 31 x 76 centimeters. It is painted on steel with some of the paint flaked off. It is dated 1942 which still can be seen in part on the bottom of the red section. Soon after the material used for this was changed to Masonite as all steel went to the war production....
Original drawing of a scene at a bomber base in England by wartime artist Howell Dodd. Dodd worked for Associated Press and various magazines and newspapers during WWII and became very famous as a magazine illustrator after the war. On the back is a stamp with the date 2 May, 1944. The paper...
This is the official 1943 yearbook of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The regiment is best known for its history as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry (Nisei). Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in the European...
