(9) Normandy ETO JUNE 1944 100% WW2 Vintage US 82nd & 101st AIRBORNE DIVISIONS (F/502 PIR)
\'SCREAMING EAGLES\' w/ ALL-AMERICAN Paratrooper Original PHOTOGRAPHS:100% original authentic WW2 vintage. NOT a reprint or reproduction!
a \'page\' from Eddie Sapinski\'s (F/2/502) photo album-ALL captions are (period) written in blue ink...NOT ballpoint pen! probably written
done immediately postwar.
which is increasingly becoming common place on today!!!
PHOTO SPECS:
-second page of Eddie Sapinski\'s \'MY FIVE DAY PROPOSITION\'....see sale 202119973816
-(9) D-DAY JUNE 1944 NORMANDY b/w & sepia toned glossy candid personal combat snapshots...
F COMPANY Paras in the sh*t....fighting in the Swamp!
-doubled sided loaded with combat action!PAGE ONE:
-Rare set of period photos. Photographic evidence that the Troopers of the 82nd ABN DIV
fought along side with the Screaming Eagles. (page two of 5 DAY PROP.)
In the early hours of the NORMANDY NIGHT DROP, there were many DZ mis-drops resulting
in the co-mingling of the ALL-AMERICAN troopers fighting alongside Screaming Eagles of the
101st....here is photographic proof.
-(5) all same/same dimension sepia-toned glossy snapshots...all corner tab mounts on
obverse page:Sapinski\'s own handwritten page multi-captions:
\'Scokty(sic) being patched up by a Medick(sic)\'......i think his name was SCOTTY
the combat medic\'s US M1 HELMET with painted RED CROSS can clearly be seen...
left photo w/o helmet netting, right photo w/ helmet netting.\'Our Medick(sic) is changing bandage of a wound. The man was shot
in chest and bullet came out back\'
white bandage w/ blood staining can be seen while Medic looks over shoulder.\'The three pictures with water are the tree angels(sic) of Swamp that surrounded
us. This is why it was hard for the enemy to get at us\'
(3) sepia tone glossy snaps of their swampy fighting terrain....Sapinski meant \'tree angles\'...
or perhaps protective \'tree angels\'??REVERSE SIDE PAGE:
-total of (4) same same sized sepia-toned glossy snaps
\'One man on guard and the other resting. 82ND Men\'
\'Two wounded Men in Fox Hole. Orchid(sic) in which we stayed is seen in
background\'Center photo (alas!) missing....caption reads:
\'Our 82nd A.B.D. Medick(sic) taken on June 10th when the 90th Div has
finally got us out of that Orchid(sic). He was the best Medick(sic) I ever met\'BOTTOM (2) photos:
\'John Cicinnatti Co. F, 502 After our liberation. This is how Johnny looked
after 5 days behind enemy lines\'
exhausted looking Para grasping his weapon in the back bed of a truck.\'On our way back to rejoin our Regiment; left to right:
82nd, 82nd Medick, 101st John Cucinnatti, 101st Signore\'
Great snap of combat paratroopers in full battle dress posing in deserted
French town street....excellent details under glass!!!
John C. has \'mine\'? or pouch? strapped to his right leg jump boot...wearing WOOL JEEP
CAP (see my other sales), 101st patches are seen.....82nd paras have the US FLAG on their
left shoulders, SIGNORE: the trooper on the far right....a spitting image of Matt Damon in SAVING PVT.
RYAN....see close-up below.NOTE:
-have NOT checked to see if anything written on reverse side...(probably not)
-captions in Eddie Sapinski\'s own handwriting in blue (NOT ballpoint pen) ink
(Ed Sapinski F/2/502nd PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, ASN: 32911921)-unit: 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION...Screaming Eagles with the 82nd ALL-AMERICAN
fighting together in the NORMANDY COMBAT THEATER.....
1st platoon, COMPANY F, 2nd BATTALION, 502d PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENTCONDTION: good to decent! ALL 100% original! WW2 authentic vintage!
nothing written on reverse. all corner tab mounted on single album page
Weare NOT in the business of making MULTIPLE high-resolution reproductioncopies to sell on .
Despiteoffers of payment, we do NOT provide ANY digital copying serviceof the image(s) during or after an sale.
Thephoto, once up for sale is the property of the winning buyer who owns allthe commercial and credit rights.
ref images: michel de trez, MILITARIA french publication, Mark Bando
DISREGARD the shown postage amount!!
ActualPRIORITY postage maybe more or less depending on your postal zone (zip code).
You pay only for actual shipping cost so
pleasewait for my invoice.
there is . postage is $6.95 envelope PRIORITY with TRACKING NUMBER (within the USonly).
high buyer must make contact within 3 days
AND payment must be rec\'d within 5 days of closingotherwise item to be forfeited and NO-PAYING buyer STRIKE issued.
All alternate payment methods accepted.
NO hidden Reserve! All SOLD asIS! NO RETURNS!
US POST OFFICE raised 1st class & Priority rates again
On Nov-21-17 at 06:34:09 PST, seller added the following information:
On Nov-23-17 at 05:11:30 PST, seller added the following information:
take a VERY close look at sale: 152790137805 ....that\'s what you\'re dealing with on today\'s !
notice how the seller ripped-off my title description almost word-for-word
