Grouping, T/4 Ray Geddes, 501st PIR, 101st Airborne Division, WIA, Normandy
Rare genuine WWII US Army grouping, which once belonged to Technician 4th Grade Raymond Geddes, Jr., Company G, 3rd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and includes the following elements:
- small cardboard suitcase, intended for carrying personal belongings, retaining its original name tag;
- khaki cotton barrack bag, named;
- white cotton T-shirt with three-button collar, adorned with the 501st PIR insignia;
- corpus of documents comprising various handwritten, typed, or printed elements relating to his service (original or reprints in some cases).
Nice homogeneous set, in good overall condition.
Raymond Geddes, Jr. was born on July 26, 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland and joined the US Army on December 11, 1942 (ASN 13137588). He parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and was wounded two days later at the infamous 'Dead Man's Corner'. He passed away on October 31, 2020.
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