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Description : Stellar identified grouping of insignia named to Capt. William J. Miller Jr. ASN 0399376 of the 507th PIR. Captain Miller participated in the invasion of Normandy, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe. This is the second of three lots. This lots includes all of his personal insignia including 2 sets of jump wings with ovals. The first jump wings with oval is his 505th in excellent condition and is an early embroidered of felt oval. The wings have been sewn on directly to the oval and the wings were made without the pin and catch and appear to be theater made. The second oval is a completely theater made set with the jump wings having two separately applied jump stars on a theater made jump oval for the 507th. Also in the grouping are two cap insignia, one being German made while the other is a standard infantry cap parachutist badge. His early next of kin dog tags that reads William J. Miller 0-399376 T41 W. J. Miller Cent. Baqucines Ortente Cuba with a O blood type and a C for him being a Catholic. There are two shoulder sleeve patches, one is a two piece 17th Airborne while the other is an 82nd Airborne patch that is one piece. Both sets of officer's collar insignia, the standard US devices with a matched set of 507th PIR devices. Leather insignia including a nice matched set of Captains bars along with his CIB or Combat Infantry Badge. Medals to include his Bronze Star, Purple Heart, American Defense and finally his European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one arrowhead for the invasion of Normandy and four stars for subsequent campaigns with matching ribbon bar with Presidential Unit Citation. Two pieces of British paratrooper insignia including a Parachute Regimental Cap Badge and paratrooper shoulder patch showing a winged Pegasus. Finally a 507th reunion pocket patch. A very rare opportunity to own a true Hero's artifacts! Excellent! The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment was initially formed at Camp Toccoa Georgia on 20 July 1942 under command of Colonel George V. Millett. It would participate in three operations during World War II: D-Day the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Varsity. As part of the 2nd Airborne Brigade alongside a sister unit the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment the 507th PIR was assigned to the veteran 82nd All American Airborne Division commanded Major General Matthew Ridgway to replace the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment which had suffered many casualties while serving with distinction in the fighting in Italy. The regiment arrived in the United Kingdom in late 1943 and began training and preparing for the invasion of Normandy scheduled for the spring of 1944. Their D-Day objective during Mission Boston part of the American airborne landings in Normandy was to help secure the Merderet River crossings. Although their target was supposed to be in Drop Zone T, north of Amfreville, the confusion caused by clouds and flak resulted in a wide scattering of the unit. During this action, Private Joe Gandara earned the Medal of Honor for single-handedly attacking three German machine gun emplacements. Elements of the 3rd Battalion were involved in the Battle of Graignes. Colonel Millett, the regimental commander, was captured in Amfreville a few days after being deployed. Colonel Edson Raff, who had recently led the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, then took command of the regiment. The 507th PIR later became known as Raff's Ruffians. The 507th continued to fight in the Battle of Normandy sustaining heavy casualties (losing almost 200 men in two days shortly before being withdrawn) before returning to England in July. Soon after the return to England the 507th was permanently assigned to the 17th Airborne Division because another of the 82nd's regiments the 504th Parachute Infantry, had by then returned from fighting at Anzio. As part of the 17th Airborne the 507th was not utilized in Operation Market Garden in September 1944 and was still in England training with the new division when the Battle of the Bulge began in December 1944. The 507th redeployed to France on 25 December, and was used in the counter-attacks against the Germans in January and early February 1945. Finally, the 507th Parachute Infantry dropped near Wesel Germany on 24 March to spearhead the division's assault during Operation Varsity, the airborne crossing of the Rhine. During this action, Private George Peters earned the Medal of Honor for single-handedly attacking a German machine gun emplacement. The regiment subsequently spearheaded the division's advance into Germany, where it ended the war in May 1945. The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment was shipped home to the United States and inactivated in September 1945.
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