THE ANGELS 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISI WWII 11th Airborne Paratrooper 187 Korean 1ST Cav Mobile Vietnam CollectionON |
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THE BEST MILITARY-WATCH-BOX EVER ASSEMBLED |
REPRESENTING THE VERY
AIRBORNE TROOPERS
WHOSE ACTIONS PAVED THE ROAD
FOR MANY
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THESE AIRBORNE TROOPERS LIKE A BAND OF FOREST GUMPS WITHOUT THE GUMPS TRAVELED AN INNOVATIVE ROAD AND ALONG THE WAY CREATED, INNOVATED, APPROXIMATED, DEVASTATED , FOUGHT AND PACIFIED ALL OPPOSITION IN THEIR PATH.
FROM THE PACIFIC T0 OPERATION OCCUPATION JAPAN TO SPECIAL KOREAN WAR AIRBORNE COMBAT UNIT TO LEBANON AND VIETNAM TO DESERT STORM AND Bosnia-Herzegovina TO 9-11 AND IRAQ FREEDOM TO AFGHANISTAN THE 11TH WAS FIRST TO ENGAGE & DEFEAT A JAPANESE PARATROOPER INVASION AND CAPTURE THEIR STANDARD AND FLAG…. “WHICH TODAY RESIDES AT WEST POINT“ <TO THE WWII DARING RAID & RESCUE OF 2000 MEN WOMAN & CHILDREN DURING THE LOS BARIOS INTERNMENT CAMP COVERT RESCUE MISSION …. IT WAS THESE PARATROOPERS WHO, AFTER THE DISASTROUS AIRBORNE DROPS INTO NORTH AFRICA AND SICILY, WHEN GEN. EISENHOWER WAS SET TO END THE 101ST AND 82ND AIRBORNE AS INDEPENDENT DIVISIONS BEFORE D-DAY, PERFORMED AN ACT OF ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT TURNED THE HEADS OF MILITARY LEADERS ACROSS THE GLOBE AND AND ALLOWED FOR THE 101ST AND 82ND TO BE .. AND BE PART OF D DAY BY WAY OF PARACHUTE, GLIDER & HELICOPTER, AS WELL AS BY GROUND, BEACH, DESERT, MOUNTAIN & JUNGLE INVASION, THE 11TH RACKED UP THE HONORS. THESE BRAVE DEDICATED PARATROOPERS DID MORE THAN WIN BATTLES, THEY CREATED THE FUTURE OF MOBILE WARFARE –AN ENTIRELY NEW MEANS OF ENGAGEMENT –AND CHANGED THE FACE OF MODERN WARFARE, A METHOD OF WARFARE THAT THE MODERN AMERICAN SOLDIER WOULD FOREVER WAGE LONG PAST THEIR OWN FUTURES. The 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (“Rakkasans”) made their first of two combat jumps during the Korean War on 20 October 1950 at Sunchon and Sukchon. The missions of the 187th were to cut the road north going to China, preventing North Korean leaders from escaping from Pyongyang; and to rescue American prisoners of war. At month’s end, UN forces held 135,000 KPA prisoners of war. The 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team’s (“Rakkasans”) second of two combat jumps was on Easter Sunday, 1951, at Munsan-ni, South Korea, codenamed Operation Tomahawk. The mission was to get behind Chinese forces and block their movement north. The 60th Indian Parachute Field Ambulance provided the medical cover for the operations, dropping an ADS and a surgical team and treating over 400 battle casualties apart from the civilian casualties that formed the core of their objective as the unit was on a humanitarian mission.
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THE VERY CREATIONS AND METHODS OF THESE AIR MOBILE/ASSAULT TACTICS & OPERATIONS WOULD BE PROVEN BY THE SAME DIVISIONS THAT CREATED THEM AND THEN, THROUGH THEIR OFF SPRING, WOULD PROVE THEM IN THE FIELD DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, WHEN THE 11TH ONCE AGAIN MORPHED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE U.S. MILITARY BY LEADING AND DOMINATING THE BATTLE FIELDS AS THE:
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THIS NEW 1ST CAVALRY AIRMOBILE/AIRASSAULT DIVISIONS WOULD INTRODUCE HELICOPTER WARFARE INTO THE NAM .. WHILE THE 11TH 187th REGIMENT 3RD BATTALION OF IRON RAKKASANS AS THE 3rd BATTALION OF THE 506 PIR 101ST AIRBORNE BATTALION WOULD Emerge from the Vietnam War as the Nations Most Highly Decorated Airborne Battalion! The Iron Rakkasans would battle in twelve major campaigns, conducting numerous air assaults and search and destroy missions. During a mission in March of 68 >Captain Paul W. Bucha, commander of D Company, received the Congressional Medal of Honor when he crawled through a hail of fire to single-handedly destroy |
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THIS 11TH A/B/D MILITARY WATCH BOX THAT BEGAN WITH THE PURCHASE OF A US ARMY MESS KIT AND COOK STOVE — BOTH HEAVILY ENGRAVED WITH 11TH AIRBORNE TRENCH ART — SOON DEVELOPED INTO ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING HISTORIES OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. THE FOLLOWING OFFER CONTAINS HISTORIC FACTS THAT WILL BE PART OF YOUR COLLECTION. THEY WILL BE PACED WITH ALL PICS INTO THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION MILITARY WATCH BOX APPRAISAL. THOUGH WE COMPACTED THE 11TH AB/D HISTORY AS BEST AS WE COULD, IT REMAINS A MASSIVE UNDER TAKING; FURTHER FACTS YET ABOUND ON THE INTERNET AND I AM SURE YOU WILL READ THEM. LIKE FATHER LIKE SON, AT EVERY CROSSING FROM 1944 THROUGH 2010, THE 11TH AND IT’S OFF SPRING CARRIED THE DAY. INCLUDED IN THIS GROUPING IS A UNIFORM JACKET, GEAR, PATCHES, PINS, MEDALS, WATCHES, MAPS, PHOTOS, MAPS DVD, CD, AND A WWII PICTURE ALBUM, WE ALSO INCLUDED A LARGE FRAMED REPRINT OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER.. …. ALONG WITH A COPY OF AN ITEM GENERAL MACARTHUR COMMENTED AND ALSO RAGED THE LACKING THEREOF [AS TOLD IN “15 STARS”].. A COPY OF A “PACIFIC INTELLIGENCE POST CARD” — INTELLIGENCE POST CARDS WERE INTELLIGENCE MAPS REDUCED TO POSTCARD SIZE .SUCH AS ONE WE RECENTLY OFFERED OF THE PHILIPPINES WITH DRAWINGS OF OF ALL AXIS/ALLIED SHIPS, INFO UNDER THEM, THEN THE ISLANDS WITH INFORMATION AS TO LOCATIONS, BEACHES, AREAS, AND OTHER KEY INFORMATION. |
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“THE AIRBORNE DIVISION THAT PROVED PURPOSE”
WITH 35000 PICTURES AND THOUSANDS OF PAGES CONTAINING WATCH INFORMATION AND HISTORY ONLINE, WE ARE ONE OF THE TOP VINTAGE, CLASSIC AND ANTIQUE WATCH RESTORATION ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD. GOOGLE “GOLDSMITHWORKS” …..AND CHECK US OUT! AS TO THIS 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION MWB, WE HAD A “PUSH” IN CREATING IT . WHILE LOOKING FOR WWII 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION MEMORABILIA FOR A WWII BOX, WE CAME ACROSS AN INVESTMENT IN MILITARY ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION. THIS INVESTMENT INCLUDED A WATCH, TIMER, COOK STOVE, MESS KIT, UNIFORMS, MEDALS BADGES PICTURES AND OTHER SAME MEMORABILIA. THEN WE BEGAN TO READ THE MOST INCREDIBLE MILITARY HISTORY EVER. WE THEN WONDERED WHY THE 11TH MEMORABILIA WAS SO RARE! WE FIGURED IT OUT. SIMPLE. NO ONE TRULY TOLD THE STORY AS IT WAS. JUST BITS AND PIECES. AND WHILE “BAND OF BROTHERS” BECAME DINNER TALK, THE ELEVENTH WALLOWED IN THE DUSK.. WE HOPE THE LUCKY COLLECTOR/HISTORIAN WHO SECURES THIS WONDERFUL MWD COLLECTION WILL USE IT TO TELL THEIR STORY: *************************************************** THIS IS A SPECIAL WITH THE ITEMS, BOXES, DVD, CD, PICTURES, EQUIPMENT, ******************** WE WILL PLACE AN AMOUNT BUT THE ACTUAL PRICE WILL BE DETERMINED BY YOUR LOCATION. before investing we will work the shipping out with you. PLEASE CONTACT FIRST SHIP US FREIGHT IN BOX ONE
TAKE TIME TO READ THE INCLUDED HISTORY OF THIS 11TH AB MWB THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION IS PICTURED AND WRITTEN IN AIRBORNE HISTORY AS HAVING PARTICIPATED AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS AND EVENTS IN THE 20TH CENTURY OF MODERN AIRBORNE WARFARE. DUE TO THE FACT THEY PROVED THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DIVISIONS, THE 101ST AND 84TH, THOSE BAND OF BROTHERS, WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP INTO D DAY EUROPE AND THEIR OWN HISTORY. THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PACIFIC WAR EFFORT, SPECIFICALLY AS THE HAMMER THAT DROVE THE JAPANESE TO DEFEAT, GEN MACARTHUR WOULD WADE ASHORE, ONCE MORE TO HIS BELOVED PHILIPPINES. WHICH WOULD LEAD “THE MAC” TO SELECT THE 11TH TO SPEAR HEADING THE OCCUPATION AND RE-BUILDING OF JAPAN. IN FACT, ONCE AGAIN, THE 11TH WOULD BE THE ONLY AIRBORNE DIVISION EVER TO GO TOE TO TOE IN BATTLE AGAINST A JAPANESE AIRBORNE OPERATION, DEFEATING THEM IN A FEROCIOUS BATTLE CAPTURING THEIR FLAG WHICH NOW IS DISPLAYED IN THE WEST POINT MUSEUM.J . THEY WOULD THEN SERVE IN KOREA BEFORE BEING SELECTED TO INVENT THE AIR ASSAULT DIVISION THAT WOULD COMBINE THE LEGENDARY HEROISM OF THE PARATROOPER WITH THE HORSE OF THE 20TH CENTURY, THE HELICOPTER. THIS “INVENTION” WOULD CONTINUE WITH VALOR INTO THE PRESENT 21ST CENTURY IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. EVEN THEIR WITNESSING OF AN ATOMIC BOMB TEST WAS IN REALITY ANOTHER AIRBORNE TESTING! THE 11TH SERVED IN THE PACIFIC. THEY SERVED IN KOREA, THEY SERVED IN JAPAN AND THE WOULD SERVE IN VIETNAM AS WHAT THEY HAD CREATED, THE 1ST CAVALRY ASSAULT DIVISION . THE 11TH DID MORE FOR THEIR BAND OF BROTHERS THAN ANY OTHER PARATROOPER DIVISION IN THE WORLD
11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION THE DIVISION THAT: LIBERATED “I doubt that any airborne unit in the world will ever be able to rival the Los BaNos prison raid . It is the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies.Colin Powell INCLUDES IKE 11TH AIRBORNE UNIFORM JACKET IN ALL IT’S SPLENDOR
HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION, THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INDEPENDENT US OR BRITISH AIRBORNE DIVISIONS AFTER THE SICILIAN INVASION. THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENDING JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF THE PHILIPPINES & FREEING CAPTIVES OF ONE OF THE LOS BANOS INTERMENT CAMP, DEFEATING A JAPANESE AIRBORNE BATTLE AND CAPTURING THEIR FLAG, WHILE GAINING BACK AMERICAN PRIDE AND SHORTENING THE PACIFIC WAR. AS REWARD FOR THE 11TH’S ACTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, Gen MacArthur PERSONALLY CHOSE THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION TO LEAD THE AMERICAN FORCES THAT WOULD OCCUPY JAPAN, HE ALSO CHOSE MEMBERS OF THE 11TH AS HIS PERSONAL GUARD; AND INSURED THAT ELEMENTS OF THE 11TH WOULD OCCUPY HOKKAIDO JAPAN – THE VERY HOKKAIDO SOVIET RUSSIA COVETED. IN EARLY 1950, THE 187 PIR, 11TH AB, CALLED THE RAKKASANS [JAPANESE FOR FALLING DOWN UMBRELLA] PARTICIPATED IN THE LARGEST PEACETIME AIRBORNE MANEUVER IN HISTORY ,”OPERATION SWARM”. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE 187PIR WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE 187 PIR BEING SELECTED TO FORM AN AIRBORNE REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM TO ENTER THE KOREAN CONFLICT [WAR]. THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION PARTICIPATED IN AN ATOM BOMB TEST. THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION WERE CHOSEN TO DEVISE STUDY AND CREATE THE FIRST “AIR ASSAULT” CONCEPT, UTILIZING HELICOPTERS AND NEW TACTICS.THE “11TH AIR ASSAULT” [TEST] DIVISION WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION [VIETNAM]. THE 11TH WERE THE FIRST EVER TO BE AWARDED –AND GRANTED PERMISSION TO WEAR — THE FIRST AIR ASSAULT BADGE. ***************************************
IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS A BOX IT WAS VOID OF ANYTHING AND THE HISTORIAN SAID “LET THERE BE SOME COOL WWII STUFF” AND THERE WAS NO COOL WWII STUFF? AND THEN THE HISTORIAN SAID OH, *?#H!, I GOTTA BUY SOME COOL STUFF! AND AFTER 6 MONTHS THERE WAS COOL WWII STUFF! ******************************************** Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone served in the 11TH AIRBORNE MILITARYWATCHBOX 11th Airborne The Knollwood Maneuver was organized to determine the viability of large-scale American airborne formations following what was a disappointing performance during the Allied invasion of Sicily. During the first half of 1944, the 11th were held in reserve until June of 1944, when they were transferred to the Pacific Theater of Operations for intense training and acclimatization, November of 1944 they were combat-ready and shipped to the Philippines. In a traditional infantry role, the 11th Airborne saw action in November on the island of Leyte, and then participated in invasion of Luzon where two glider infantry regiments operated as conventional infantry, securing a beachhead before fighting their way inland. The parachute infantry regiment was held in reserve for several days before conducting the division’s first airborne operation, a combat drop on the Tagaytay Ridge, where, reunited, the division participated in the Liberation of Manila, while two companies of divisional paratroopers conducted an audacious raid on the Los BaƒÂ±os internment camp, liberating two thousand civilians. The 11th Airborne’s last combat operation of World War II was in the north of Luzon around Aparri, in aid of combined American and Philippine forces who were battling to subdue the remaining Japanese resistance on the island. On 30 August 1945 the division was sent to southern Japan as part of the occupation force. Four years later it was recalled to the United States, where it became a training formation. One parachute infantry regiment was detached for service in the Korean War, but on 30 June 1958 the division was inactivated. It was briefly reactivated on 1 February 1963 under the new name of the 11th Air Assault Division (Test), to explore the theory and practicality of helicopter assault tactics, before being finally inactivated on 29 June 1965. ******************************************************* UNIFORM UNIT PATCHES ACCOMPLISHMENTS
187TH REGIMENT **************************************************************** NOTE AC 47 PATCH IS NOT P[ART OF OFFER WHAT WOULD THIS TRIBUTE BE WITHOUT THE MEDALS!
******************************************************* WE ADDED NATIONAL DEFENSE & VIETNAM SERVICE MEDALS & RIBBONS AS WELL AS THE FIRST EVER ****AIR ASSAULT BADGE MOBILE ASSAULT BADGE AND 1ST CAVALRY AIRMOBILE BADGE ARE PART OF AS PART OF OVERALL HISTORY OF THE 11TH ****
On July 10, 1943, Operation Husky began as the first Allied operation towards the defeat of Germany in Europe. The invasion of the island of Sicily would include the first introduction of airborne paratroopers. Afterwards, Allied Supreme Commander, General Eisenhower, stated: “I do not believe in the airborne division. I believe that airborne troops should be reorganized in self-contained units, comprising infantry, artillery, and special services, all about the strength of a regimental combat team … To employ at any time and place a whole division would require a dropping over such an extended area that I seriously doubt that a division commander could regain control and operate the scattered forces as one unit.” General Eisenhower Eisenhower had reviewed the airborne role in Operation Husky and concluded that large-scale formations were too difficult to control in combat to be practical. Eisenhower believed, rather than Airborne Divisions, there should be small compact units assigned to existing infantry regiments; such as a specialty group that would be used in small operations, like 20 troopers dropped to protect the flank of a unit. Gen. Leslie J. McNair, the overall commander of US Army ground forces, also had similar misgivings: once an airborne supporter, he had been greatly disappointed by the performance of airborne units in North Africa and more recently Sicily. However, other high-ranking officers, including General George Marshall and British Field Marshal Montgomery [who participated in the Sicilian Invasion] believed otherwise. Marshall persuaded Eisenhower to set up a review board and to withhold judgement until the outcome of a large-scale maneuver planned for December 1943. *********************************** HEAVY DUTY MAGNETIC CLOSURE FRONT OPENING NOTE AC 47 PATCH IS NOT P[ART OF OFFER **************************************************************** N ******************************************************* Knollwood Maneuver As a result of General Eisenhower’s belief that AIRBORNE TROOPS WERE NOT A BATTLEFIELD OPTION, the 11th Airborne, as the attacking force, was assigned the objective of capturing Knollwood Army Auxiliary Airfield near Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The force defending the airfield and its environs was a combat team composed of elements of the 17th Airborne Division and a battalion from the 541st Parachute Infantry Regiment. The entire operation was observed by Army Ground Forces commander Lt. Gen. McNair, who would ultimately have a significant say in deciding the fate of the parachute infantry divisions. The Knollwood Maneuver took place on the night of 7 December 1943, with the 11th Airborne Division being airlifted to thirteen separate objectives by 200 C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft and 234 Waco CG-4A gliders. The transport aircraft were divided into four groups, two of which carried paratroopers while the other two towed gliders. Each group took off from a different airfield in the Carolinas. The four groups deployed a total of 4,800 troops in the first wave. Eighty-five percent were delivered to their targets without navigational error, and the airborne troops seized the Knollwood Army Auxiliary Airfield and secured the landing area for the rest of the division before daylight. With its initial objectives taken, the 11th Airborne Division then launched a coordinated ground attack against a reinforced infantry regiment and conducted several aerial re-supply and casualty evacuation missions in coordination with United States Army Air Forces transport aircraft. The exercise was judged by observers to be a great success. McNair, pleased by its results, attributed this success to the great improvements in airborne training that had been implemented in the months following Operation Husky. ******************************************************
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WE HAVE OVER 100 TIMERS IN STOCK. MANY INSCRIBED, WITH TRENCH ART AND BADGES ATTACHED. SOME OF THEM ARE SPECIAL GALLET TIMERS. THIS IS A SPECIAL GALLET. I HAVE TOO MUCH TO LIST SO I WILL PROVIDE JUST SOME IMPORTANT DETAILS OF THE HISTORY OF GALLET AND WWII AND A NOTE TO SAY, EVERY LANDING CRAFT ON D DAY HAD A GALLET TIMER! GALLET is the worlds oldest watch and clock making house with history dating back to Humbertus Gallet, a clock maker who became a citizen of Geneva in 1466. The Gallet & Cie (Gallet & Company) name was officially registered by Julien Gallet (1806 1849) in 1826, who moved the family business from Geneva to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Prior to this date, operations commenced under the name of each of the family patriarchs. Gallet is best known during the 20th century to the present day for its line of MultiChron chronograph wristwatches. Produced primarily for military, industrial, and other professional applications, Gallet MultiChron watches often incorporated a number of advanced timekeeping innovations.
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**************************************************** Battle of Leyte 3 On 6 December the Japanese tried to disrupt operations on Leyte by conducting two small-scale airborne raids. The first attempted to deploy a small number of Japanese airborne troops to occupy several key American-held airfields at Tacloban and Dulag, but failed when the three aircraft used were either shot-down, crash-landed or destroyed on the ground along with their passengers. The second, larger, raid was carried out by between twenty-nine and thirty-nine transport aircraft supported by fighters; despite heavy losses, the Japanese managed to drop a number of airborne troops around Burauen airfield, where the headquarters of 11th Airborne Division were located. Five L-5 Sentinel reconnaissance aircraft and one C-47 transport were destroyed, but the raiders were eliminated by an ad hoc combat group of artillerymen, engineers and support troops led by Maj. Gen. Swing.
AIRBORNE PARATROOPER
101ST AIRBORNE MEDIC WEARING THE US GOVERNMENT BEGAN ISSUING DUST GOGGLES IN 1943 FOR PARATROOPERS. THEY WERE NOT DESIGNED TO BE WORN WHILE JUMPING, RATHER FOR TRANSPORTATION AS PROTECTION AGAINST DUST WHEN TRAVELING ON TRANSPORTS AFTER LANDINGS. I HAD THREE PAIRS, ONE ISSUED IN 1943 IN THE MEDIC MWB, AND THIS SET ISSUED FOR THE NORMANDY SUMMER INVASION IN 1944. THIS PAIR WAS ISSUED IN 1943. THE TINTED VERSION WAS FOR FOR SUMMER WEAR. UN-ISSUED SETS CAN BE DISCOVERED TODAY AND THERE ARE COUNTERFEITS FROM CHINA. ******************************************************** Battle of Leyte 4 ******************************************************* FRAMED WWII PICTURES JAPAN SURRENDERS
******************************************************** Battle of Luzon 1 ****************************************** THIS MWB IS ONE OF THE BEST MWB EVER CREATED BY ROCK! AN AWESOME COLLECTION AND TRIBUTE TO U.S. AIRBORNE TRADITION. YET WHAT WOULD THIS OFFER BE IF AN 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION CD WITH 300 FULL SIZE PICS WAS NOT INCLUDED?
****************************************************** ROCK JUST PAID 50.00 BUCKS FOR THIS AWESOME 1945 PHOTO ALBUM THE PICTURES BELOW WILL BE PLACED IN THE ALBUM. AND THEN YOU CAN GO TO WALMART AND THEY CAN PRINT THE ONES YOU WANT OFF THE 300 PIC CD!
THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM IN THIS ALBUM TO ADD A LOT OF PHOTOS THE BACK COVER REQUIRED REPAIR ROCK USED GLUE AND SCREWS TO MAKE REPAIR PERMANENT BEFORE WASHING OFF EXCESS GLUE WILL CUT EXCESS REPAIR PERFECT TIED DOWN AWESOME RELIEF US PLANES STUNNING DESTROYER TANKS EXCELLENT NEAR MINT CONDITION EXCEPTING REPAIR TO BACK COVER BONUS BONUS AWESOME SOUTH PACIFIC PHOTOS ALL ABOUT THE PACIFIC WITH PICTURES THAT LAY CLAIM TO INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES FROM LAUNCH AND INVASION TO AFTER THE BATTLE FROM THE BEACH TO THE JUNGLES – A PICTURE STORY OF THE PACIFIC WAR FROM INDIGENOUS GUERILLA TRIBES IN THE PHILIPPINES TO THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN WE DID NOT PLAN TO USE THE DISPLAY MWB TO HOLD ALBUM BUT- IF YOU LIKE – IT WILL FIT WITHOUT HARMING OBJECTS OF DISPLAY HERE IS THE ASSAULT BADGE WITH THE 11TH DI ******************************************** Battle of Luzon 2 ***********************************
Battle of Luzon 3 *********************************** *********************************** Battle of Luzon 4 At 03:00 on 3 February the troops of the first lift entered their transport planes, and at 07:00 the first transports left Mindoro. Protected by an escort of P-61 Black Widow night fighters, on arriving over Luzon they followed Highway 17 to Tagaytay Ridge. The ridge itself was an open space some two thousand yards (1,829 m) long and four thousand yards (3,657 m) wide, plowed in places, and had been largely cleared of Japanese troops by local Filipino guerrillas. At 08:15 the first echelon of the first lift, approximately 345 men, successfully parachuted into the drop zone. The second echelon, consisting of approximately 570 men, were dropped prematurely and landed about eight thousand yards (7,315 m) to the east. The next lift also encountered problems, with 425 men dropping correctly but another 1,325 dropping early due to pilot error and poor jump discipline. However, the entire regiment was assembled within five hours of the first landings. After overcoming minor Japanese resistance, by 15:00 the 511th had made contact with the 188th and 187th, and the entire division was once again assembled as a single formation. The ridge having been cleared of its remaining defenders, the division began to advance towards Manila, reaching the Paranaque River by 21:00. The city was protected by the Genko Line, a major Japanese defensive belt that stretched along Manila’s southern edge. The line consisted of approximately 1,200 two- to three-story deep blockhouses, many of which emplaced naval guns or large-caliber mortars. Entrenched heavy anti-aircraft weapons, machine-gun nests and booby-traps made of naval bombs completed the defenses, which were manned by around 6,000 Japanese soldiers. ***********************************
SUPERIOR MAGNETO PARATROOPER WRIST COMPASS TWO MODELS WERE UTILIZED. THE Sup. Mag. and the Taylor versions, The magnetic needle is triangular and broad on the Taylor whereas the SUP MAG’s needle is thin and straight. On the Taylor the arrow point for the marching course on the plastic crystal is filled with paint from above, while it is very thin and painted from under the crystal on SUP MAG. Technical Data – Diameter: 58 mm – Depth: 20 mm – Weight: 60 gr (with strap) – Divisions: 360, clockwise – Color: brownish-red Side view of the crown: ********************************************************** Battle of Luzon 5 ***********************************
Battle of Luzon 6 *********************************** Ruptured Duck The Discharge Pin or Patch was issued to honorably discharged soldiers and was worn above the right breast pocket. The main purpose of this patch was that once discharged, a soldier cannot wear his uniform. With a shortage of clothing, most vets would have to wear their uniforms, the discharge patch allowed them to travel without being questioned by officers, police, and others. It told the world you were no longer in the service. It also allowed for discounts in travel. it was called the ruptured duck from the way the eagle looked! *********************************** Raid at Los BaƒÂ±os 1 Civilian prisoners had been detained by the Japanese on Luzon, mostly in internment camps scattered throughout the island. The largest of these was located on the campus of the Agricultural College of the Philippines at Los Baos, some forty miles (64 km) south-east of Manila. General Douglas MacArthur had tasked the 11th Airborne Division with rescuing the Los Baos internees on 3 February, but the division’s ongoing combat operations around the Genko Line left it unable to divert any resources at that time. All that could be accomplished during February was to gather information, primarily through liaison with the guerilla groups operating in Southern Luzon and around Los Baos. Maj. Gen. Swing and his command staff were briefed daily by the officer working with the guerilla groups, Major Vanderpool. From the guerillas and a few civilians that had escaped the camp, Vanderpool established that it was surrounded by two barbed-wire fences approximately six feet tall. Several guard towers and bunkers dotted its perimeter, each containing at least two guards. Prisoners left each morning under armed guard to gather food supplies and firewood from a nearby town. Vanderpool was informed that the camp’s population consisted of American civilians in three distinct groups: Protestant missionaries and their families; Roman Catholic nuns and priests; and professional workers such as doctors and engineers, and their families. The latter group included several hundred women and children.
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In 1951, Members of the 11th Airborne Division were selected to witness the explosion of an advanced atomic hydrogen bomb. In the above is a photo, told to kneel or sit so the blast would knock them down, members of the 11th Division [note The Side Helmet Regiment Markings] LOOK TOWARDS the bomb cloud as it surges upward. *********************************
Southern Luzon and Aparri 1
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187 PIR CAPTURING THE JAPANESE AIRBORNE FLAG The 11th Airborne Division landed on Bito Beach, Leyte in the Philippines On November 18th, 1944, in relief of the 7th Infantry Division. The 187th PIR, under Colonel Harry D Hildebrand, were charged with guarding the rear installation around Bito Beach. The Japanese, who decided to throw off the US forces by seizing the San Pablo Air Strip, mounted their only Airborne Operation Against US forces in WW II by jumping the San Pablo airstrip on Leyte. Realizing that the attack was on, General Swing ordered a counterattack and rushed the 187th forward from Bito Beach. During the battle the 1st Battalion of the 187th captured the Japanese paratroopers flag which hangs today in the West Point Museum. Meanwhile, the 2nd Battalion of the 187th under the command of Lt Col Arthur H Wilson Jr reinforced the 511th. Two days after Christmas the 187th moved to attack the Japanese positions at Anonang on two steep parallel ridges. The second ridge became known as Purple Heart Hill because of the large contingent of glidermen killed and wounded while taking it. After two days of ferocious fighting the ridge was seized. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation by order of the South Korean government & retroactively authorized While serving as occupation forces, the 187th received the title “Rakkasan” from the Japanese which literally translated means “Falling Down Umbrella”. In April 949, the Rakkasans returned to the United States with the 11th Airborne Division and settled into then Camp Campbell, Kentucky. In early 1950, the Rakkasans participated in the largest peacetime airborne maneuver in history, “Operation Swarmer”. The Performance of the Regiment during this maneuver was instrumental in the Regiment being selected to form an airborne regimental combat team to enter the Korean conflict.
*************************************************************** USAF C-54 Skymaster, [AIRBORNE TROOP CARRIER] division Legend has it that when the 1st Cavalry Division, whose motto is “1st in Manila, 1st in Tokyo” arrived in Tokyo, Occupation of Japan. The divisional staff received orders to this effect on 11 August 1945, and the division was transported to Okinawa on 12 August; an operation that involved 99 B-24 Liberator bombers, 350 C-46 Commando and 150 C-47 Dakota transport aircraft to airlift 11,100 men, 120 vehicles and approximately 1.16 million pounds (530,000 kg) of equipment. The 11th Airborne remained on Okinawa for several weeks before, on 28 August, it was ordered to land at Atsugi Airfield outside of Yokohama, on the main Japanese home island of Honshu. Its instructions were to secure the surrounding area, evacuate all Japanese civilians and military personnel within a radius of three miles (5 km), and finally occupy Yokohama itself. A large number of C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft were made available, with the firstcarrying Swing and his divisional stafflanding at Atsugi Airfield at 06:00 on 30 August. It took a week to fully assemble the division, and by 13 September it had been joined by the 27th Infantry Division, which was airlifted into Japan at the same time. The 11th Airborne Division was later moved from Yokohama to northern Japan, and established camps along the coast of Honshu and on the island of Hokkaido. LET US NOT FORGET THEY FOUGHT IN WWII, OCCUPIED JAPAN, WERE THE INLY AIRBORNE GROUP TO JUMP IN THE KOREAN WAR The 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (“Rakkasans”) made their first of two combat jumps during the Korean War on 20 October 1950 at Sunchon and Sukchon. The missions of the 187th were to cut the road north going to China, preventing North Korean leaders from escaping from Pyongyang; and to rescue American prisoners of war. At month’s end, UN forces held 135,000 KPA prisoners of war. The 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team’s (“Rakkasans”) second of two combat jumps was on Easter Sunday, 1951, at Munsan-ni, South Korea, codenamed Operation Tomahawk. The mission was to get behind Chinese forces and block their movement north. The 60th Indian Parachute Field Ambulance provided the medical cover for the operations, dropping an ADS and a surgical team and treating over 400 battle casualties apart from the civilian casualties that formed the core of their objective as the unit was on a humanitarian mission. THEN WE CAN ATTRIBUTE “I LOVE THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MORNING” FOR VIETNAM… ******************************************************** INCLUDED CIB MARKSMAN MASTER PARACHUTIST GLIDER
The CIB was awarded to any Enlisted Infantryman who “Being personally present, and under hostile fire, while serving in assigned, primary infantry or special forces duty in a unit actively engaging the enemy in ground combat.” saw combat. The CIB is worn on the Left Breast, above the ribbons. In 1947, the Congress approved the Bronze Star Medal for every infantryman who earned the CIB .
The United States Army and the Civilian Marksmanship Program award the Army’s Marksmanship Qualification Badge to Enlisted Soldiers, U.S. Civilian, and foreign military personnel who qualify at three different qualification levels (highest to lowest): Expert, Sharpshooter, and Marksman. Suspended from the badge are qualification clasps that indicate the type of weapon the individual has qualified to use.
To be eligible for the Master Parachutist Badge, an individual must have been rated excellent in character and efficiency and have met the following requirements:
. The Glider Badge was a qualification badge of the United States Army. According to the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry, the badge was awarded to personnel who had “been assigned or attached to a glider or airborne unit or to the Airborne Department of the Infantry School; satisfactorily completed a course of instruction, or participated in at least one combat glider mission into enemy-held territory ************************************************ Reactivation “11th Air Assault Division” INCLUDES THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION IN VIETNAM
* the 11th was reincarnated as a “light” division, capable of rapid deployment via air force or army aircraft, thereby completely recreating the organizational structure it had possessed when deactivated. Elements of its original combat units the 187th Airborne Infantry, the 188th Airborne Infantry and the 511th Airborne Infantry were also reformed under the new 11th Air Assault Division . For the next two years, the 11th Air Assault Division developed and refined air assault tactics and the equipment required to operate effectively in the role. The 187th and 188th tested helicopters during various exercises, ranging from command and control maneuvers to scouting, screening and aerial re-supply, to assess their ability to perform as combat aircraft. However, the division was inactivated for the final time on 29 June 1965, with its personnel and equipment being merged with the 2nd Infantry Division to form the newly-raised 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). The colors of the 1st Cavalry Division, at that time assigned to Korea, were transferred to Fort Benning, while those of the 2nd Infantry Division were moved to Korea.
1) THE FIRST 2) TRAINING 3) WHO WORE THE FIRST AIR ASSAULT BADGE 4) AWARDING OF THE AIR ASSAULT BADGE
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11TH CONTRIBUTED TO The 187th Infantry nicknamed the “Rakkasans” as of 2012, the 1st Battalion 187th Infantry, the 3rd Battalion 187th Infantry and 1st Squadron 33rd Cavalry are active in the 101st Airborne’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team. The regiment was originally constituted as the 187th Glider Infantry Regiment on 12 November 1942, and activated on 25 February 1943 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina. It was originally a two battalion glider regiment assigned to the 11th Airborne Division, and trained both as glider and parachute troops. They would serve in the Pacific Theater commanded by Gen MacArthur participating in the Liberation of the Philippines as well as several special operations that included a victorious battle with a Japanese Airborne unit and the liberation of Los Barios Interment Camp. The 187th served as a major element of the Japanese occupation. The Rakkasans of the 187th was selected as the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (ARCT) arriving in Korea about a week after Douglas MacArthur’s surprise landing at Inchon on 23 September. and placed under the operational control of the First Marine Division, in relief of the 2d Battalion of the 7th Marine Regiment. The 187th led the second and last parachute assault in Korea on 23 March 1951(Operation Tomahawk). The unit returned the United States in July 1955 and, the following year, became part of the newly reactivated 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, KY The colors were redesignated on 1 February 1963 as HHC, 3d Battalion, 187th Infantry, assigned to the 11th Air Assault Division (Test) at Fort Benning, GA, and activated on 7 February 1963 and it’s colors inactivated on 25 May 1964 and consolidated with the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry as an element of the 11th Air Assault Division (Test) at Fort Benning, GA. The Iron Rakkasans would move back to Fort Campbell, Kentucky in February 1964, to serve as part of the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. In 1965 the 11th Air Assault Division and 2nd Infantry Division were combined to form the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), during which time the elements of both the 11th and 2nd were reflagged with new designations. Over the next four years the Iron Rakkasans fought in twelve major campaigns, conducting numerous air assaults and search and destroy missions. During one such mission in March 1968 Captain Paul W. Bucha, commander of D Company, received the Congressional Medal of Honor when he crawled through a hail of fire to single-handedly destroy a machine gun bunker with grenades near Phuoc Vinh, Vietnam. The Iron Rakkasans emerged from the Vietnam War When the battalion colors returned to Fort Campbell the unit had distinguished itself by earning two Valorous Unit Awards, and its third and fourth Presidential Unit Citations for the battles of Trang Bang and Dong Ap Bia Mountain “Hamburger Hill
*************************************8 WWII GEN MacArthur & WAINWRIGHT PHILIPPINES JAPANESE BATTLE MAPS WITH EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE BATTLES FROM MANILLA TO BATAAN & CORREGIDOR A MUST HAVE DUE TO THE FACT 5 STAR GEN MacArthur WAS A SUPREME COMMANDER IN THE PACIFIC & THE 11TH WERE UNDER HIS COMMAND SO WAS THE PHILIPPINES AND OUR STORY BEGINS WITH THE PHILIPPINES
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The Iron Rakkasans emerged from the Vietnam War as the countrys most highly decorated airborne battalion 11TH AB/D 187th Regiment 3rd Battalion BECAME 101ST AB/D 506TH 3rd Battalion 101st Airborne Emerged from the Vietnam War as the countrys most highly decorated airborne battalion. SW-GSWW-MWB A) LARGE MWB BOX CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING: 4 NEW PATCHES….. 187TH VIETNAM 101ST
B) 11TH A/B 187TH P.I.R. IKE UNIFORM JACKET & SHIRT WITH ORIGINAL APPROPRIATE ITEMS C) OPTIONAL 11TH A/B SIGNED 1ST EDITION cook stove PHOTO.
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