101st Airborne Division 501st Para Infantry

A 501st Parachute Infantry oval. Twill with a cheese cloth back in good condition.

501st parachuted into Normandy on 6th June D day.
The 501st (less 3rd Battalion) took off from Merryfield Airport at 2245, 5 June 1944, while the 3rd Battalion departed at the same time from Welford. All units flew across the English Channel and were set to drop into Normandy, five hours prior to the seaborne landing. The 501st drop zones were north and east of Carentan. Two battalions were to seize key canal locks at La Barquette and destroy bridges over the Douve River,

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