Original U.S. WWII 517th Parachute Infantry Combat Team Named Grouping - Bronze Star with Valor ZB 26-ZB 30 All HGU-56/P rotary wing helmets

All HGU-56/P rotary wing helmets can be readily modified to install the Communication Ear Plug (CEP)

Overall the jacket is in excellent condition

Entered military service from Massachusetts

[3] Strong pockets of longrifle use and manufacture continued in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia

The Regiment was amalgamated in 1921 and was thereafter known as the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers

Original U.S. WWII 517th Parachute Infantry Combat Team Named Grouping - Bronze Star with Valor ZB 26-ZB 30 All HGU-56/P rotary wing helmetsOriginal Items: One of a kind grouping. Private First Class Burton A Ebert Army serial number 35605626 enlisted on March 16th, 1943 and was assigned to Headquarters Company 1st Battalion of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment seeing combat as a member of the First Airborne Task Force. We confirmed his service through research, original documents and on the 517th official website on the Christmas 1944 roster which you can see at this link. Bert