Original U.S. WWII Named 508th PIR 82nd Airborne Division Uniform Ike Jacket with Star-Embedded Paratrooper Wings & Ribbon Bar - Harold Allen Hughes German Holsters - Champion’s dog tag on

- Champion’s dog tag on its original string

to Major on June 10th 1826 and he retired in 1827

which may have been painted over

the upper was cotton

It was routinely issued to European military personnel serving overseas in hot climates from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century

Original U.S. WWII Named 508th PIR 82nd Airborne Division Uniform Ike Jacket with Star-Embedded Paratrooper Wings & Ribbon Bar - Harold Allen Hughes German Holsters - Champion’s dog tag onOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment participated in Operation Overlord, jumping into Normandy at 2: 15 a. m. on 6 June 1944. The 82nd objectives were to capture Sainte Mre glise, secure crossings at the Merderet River near La Fiere and Chef du Pont, and establish a defensive line north from Neuville au Plain to Breuzeville au Plain. There they were to tie in with the 502nd Parachute Infantry, of Major General Maxwell