Description: RARE ORIGINAL LETTER MAILED FROM WW2 U.S. ARMY 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION 327th GLIDER INFANTRY D-DAY, NORMANDY AND HOLLAND COMBAT WOUNDED VETERAN "PVT. VINCENT G. DeMARTINO" TO HIS PARENTS. THIS TWO PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER IS DATED FOR APRIL 11, 1943. THE ENVELOPE IS DATED FOR APR. 11, 1943. LETTER WAS WRITTEN BY PVT. DeMARTINO TO HIS PARENTS IN WHERE HE WRITES ABOUT COMBAT TRAINING AND ARMY LIFE AT FORT BRAGG, NC AND THE SOUTH. GREAT WW2 AIRBORNE LETTER AND ENVELOPE SET FOR YOUR WW2 U.S. ARMY AIRBORNE/PARATROOPER DISPLAY AND/OR COLLECTION. LETTER HAS BEEN FOLDED AND SHOWS AVERAGE AGE AND WEAR AND DOES THE ENVELOPE. THE FRONT TOP SIDE OF THE LETTER AND THE BACK SIDE OF THE ENVELOPE FEATURES A HANDWRITTEN NOTE IN ITALIAN AS PVT. DeMARTINO'S PARENTS WERE NATIVE ITALIAN SPEAKING. SEE THE ABOVE LISTING PHOTOS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WE AT WRM COLLECTIBLES WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO RECEIVE HUNDREDS OF ITEMS FROM THE ESTATE OF AN WW2 U.S. ARMY 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION GLIDER BORNE PARATROOPER AND COMBAT VETERAN. THIS VETERAN'S ESTATE INCLUDES UNIFORMS, HATS, INSIGNIA, WINGS, PATCHES, FIELD AND PERSONAL GEAR AND HUNDREDS OF WAR TIME LETTERS FROM THIS GLIDER BORNE D-DAY VETERAN. THE 101st AIRBORNE VETERAN'S NAME WAS "PVT. VINCENT G. DeMARTINO", HIS U.S. ARMY SERIAL NUMBER WAS "32475941". PVT. DeMARTINO WAS FROM SYRACUSE NEW YORK AND SERVED STATE SIDE WITH COMPANY "A" OF THE 327th GLIDER INFANTRY OF THE 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION. OVERSEAS IN EUROPE PVT. DeMARTINO SERVED WITH COMPANY "G" OF THE 327th GLIDER INFANTRY OF THE 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION. PVT. DeMARTINO SERVED IN COMBAT FROM D-DAY, THRU THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN (WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED BY A GERMAN MORTAR), OPERATION MARKET GARDEN, BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN BASTOGNE (WHERE HE GOT TRENCH FOOT) AND THRU AUSTRIA/GERMANY IN 1945. AFTER LEAVING AUSTRIA/GERMANY IN 1945 PVT. DeMARTINO RECOVERED FROM HIS WAR TIME WOUNDS AND INJURIES AT A MEDICAL HOSPITAL AT CAMP BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE BEING HONORABLE DISCHARGED FROM THE U.S. ARMY. OF NOTE: PVT. DeMARTINO'S MILITARY ESTATE IS QUITE LARGE, INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF ITEMS AND THESE ITEMS WILL BE LISTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS IN OUR EBAY STORE AS TIME ALLOWS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK US BEFORE YOU BUY. THANK YOU.
Price: 28.95 USD
Location: Buffalo, New York
End Time: 2024-09-08T21:59:36.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Region of Origin: United States
Modified Item: No
