Original U.S. WWII Operation Tidal Wave WIA Named B-24 Radio Operator Grouping Category_Snider Rifle Parts steel frame stereoscopic glasses

steel frame stereoscopic glasses

Uniforms & Equipment

European-Africa

This helmet is heat lot stamped 886C which indicates the approximate manufacture date of March-May 1944

These were used by the Navy typically at port to light work areas and common locations

Original U.S. WWII Operation Tidal Wave WIA Named B-24 Radio Operator Grouping Category_Snider Rifle Parts steel frame stereoscopic glassesOriginal Items: One for kind set. Staff Sergeant Guy Reese Jr (name sometimes spelled Rees) ASN 15098236 was a radio operator aboard B 24 Liberator #42 40658 'Ole Sarge' which was assigned to the 9th Air Force, 376th Bombardment Group, 512th Bomb Squadron. On August, 1st, 1943 it took part in Operation Tidal Wave bombing the Ploesti oil refinery in Romania. Stf Sgt Reese is listed in the back of the book Ploesti: The Great Ground Air Battle of 1