Original U.S WWII 508th PIR Named D-Day Pathfinder Operation Market Garden Grouping U.S. Army Complete with impressive ventilated barrel

Complete with impressive ventilated barrel jacket retaining much blue/black finish and original unaltered barrel

The rear echelon moved to Portland Harbor and waited on LST

At Troina the regiment experienced some of the most bitter fighting it would see during the war

Plain “banana” shaped locks are signed H

Captain Eddie Rickenbacker

Original U.S WWII 508th PIR Named D-Day Pathfinder Operation Market Garden Grouping U.S. Army Complete with impressive ventilated barrelOriginal Items: One of a kind. This incredible grouping belonged to a Sergeant William H. Savage who was assigned to the the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company C who jumped on D Day into Normandy and then as a Pathfinder in advance of the other airborne troops during Operation Market Garden. William enlisted at Camp Grant, IL on 1 October 1942 and volunteered for parachutist duty. He was assigned to Company C, 508th PIR. Cpl. Savage was awarded