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WW-II Paratrooper Memorabilia

 

  • D-Day Wire Bulletins, June 1944.

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  • Little Known Facts of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 505 Regimental Combat Team.

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  • First Platoon of A Company poses for photograph after the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
        made the first Regimental size parachute jump in United States Army history on March 29,1943

     

  • Allied Expeditionary Force Letter by General Dwight D. Eisenhower....(June 5,1944)
           (Shown Courtesy Sgt. James J. Ricci Collection)

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  • The Battle of Fosse...........( As written for the Static Line -Tent City Edition of March 1945)

     

  • Virginia Paratroopers participate in capture of St Mere Eglise, France

     

  • Maryland paratroopers jump into France hours before the D-Day invasion

     

  • A collection of WW-II paratrooper postcards

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  • The 541st-Parachute Infantry Regiment - A stateside training regiment sending replacements overseas

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  • Six paratrooper stories from the Stars and Stripes compiled by Andy Rooney\\


  • All American booklet printed by Desfosse's Neogravure Paris, France in 1945

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  • "The Listening Post" - The first three issues of Company E's newsletter

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  • Don Lassen of E company donates a rare D-Day "cricket" to the Eisenhower Museum

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  • January 12th 1946 Grand Stand Pass to the New York City 5th Avenue Victory Parade for 82nd Airborne Division

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  • 1947 issue of Paraglide Magazine

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  • Static Line and Stars and Stripes Articles

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  • Origin of the Static Line
            Written by Bob Gillette.

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  • Article from the unit history of the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion

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  • Medics In Sicily Keep A Weird Truce With German Tankers
           (New information on news article uncovered in 2015)

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  • Brochure for the 1953 Annual Convention of the 82nd Airborne Division

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  • Photographs from Holland

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  • Wooden Shoes from Holland

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  • 82nd Division Song - Christmas Cards from the Bulge

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  • V-Mail Yuletide Greetings from a 505 Paratrooper

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  • World War II Invasion Currencies

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  • Safe Conduct Pass - Leaflets

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  • German Armband - Patches - Czech cz-27

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  • Staff Sergeant Harry Anderson answers Max's mail.

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  • Tin plates from WW-I

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  • C - 47 Club Booklet

     



     

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