Description
Comes with a hand-signed C.O.A. & a full historical write-up. Almost eighty years ago, on August 16, 1940, while World War II was raging but before the United States had entered the war, a platoon of infantry soldiers at Fort Benning completed four days of parachute jumps in a test that led to creation of the Army's elite paratrooper units, known as the Airborne. Fort Benning established the U.S. Army Parachute Test Platoon, which began that first series of test jumps that ran from Aug. 13 through Aug. 16. Soon, U.S. Army Airborne units were formed. Later, with the nation in the war on both sides of the globe, it was some of those same units & soldier's that trained with this exact map that made history parachuting into the darkness over occupied France on D-Day on June 6, 1944. They seized key terrain & disrupted communications ahead of the massive Allied amphibious landings that began hours later on the Normandy coast. This original early WWII map is dated 1942 & was used to train some of America's earliest WWII Airborne & Infantry soldiers. This double-sided "Situation Map" was used to train soldiers how to manuever & advance towards an objective. This map is in incredible condition given its age & was saved by a WWII veteran of Fort Benning. in THE LAST TWO IMAGES OF THE LISTING YOU WILL SEE TWO DIGITAL HISTORICALLY SOURCED PHOTOS OF U.S. AIRBORNE AT FORT BENNING TRAINING WITH A SIMILAR SITUATION MAP. THIS IS ExACTLY HOW THIS MAP FOR SALE WAS ALSO USED! This would make an amazing addition to any WWII or D-Day collection. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out. Rare 1942 Wwii Fort Benning U.s. Airborne Infantry Situation Map Double-Sided | C.o.a. Included
