Item Description
Original Items: One-of-a-Kind Set. This is a wonderful set of a named Ike jacket to HOWARD M. BRUSSO. The jacket features a rare Airborne 187th GIR patch with cross stitching, 11th AB patch with cross stitching, jump wings, oval, and CBI.
Approximate Measurements:
Collar to Shoulder: 9.5:
Shoulder to Sleeve: 23.5"
Shoulder to Shoulder: 17"
Chest width: 19"
Waist width: 17"
Hip width: 17"
Front length: 22.5"
Also included is a stunning hand painted (Japanese artist) B-4 bag with HOWARD M. BRUSSO / NEW YORK with Parachute Wings on one side and 187th GIR insignia with 11th AB insignia and SAPPORO JAPAN with Glider wings on the other. The bag is also painted along the top with both blue circular parachute and glider/para cap insignia. Zipper is not functional.
B-4 Bag:
Length: 24"
Width: 17"
Height: 7"
As truly eye catching set from an Airborne Glider Rider in the Pacific Theatre of Operations!
The 187th Infantry Regiment was originally constituted in the War Department files as the 187th Glider Infantry Regiment (GIR) on 12 November 1942 and activated with the 11th Airborne Division at Camp Mackall, North Carolina on 25 February 1943, under the command of Colonel Harry B. Hildebrand. The first recruits arrived on 2 March. The 187th went through basic training from 15 March to 21 June. After a period of squad-, platoon-, and company-level unit training, the 187th started formal glider training at Laurinburg–Maxton Army Airfield, North Carolina in late July. Although it was originally a two-battalion glider-borne infantry regiment, the men of the 187th would become dual qualified, able to enter combat either by glider or parachute.
Approximate Measurements:
Collar to Shoulder: 9.5:
Shoulder to Sleeve: 23.5"
Shoulder to Shoulder: 17"
Chest width: 19"
Waist width: 17"
Hip width: 17"
Front length: 22.5"
Also included is a stunning hand painted (Japanese artist) B-4 bag with HOWARD M. BRUSSO / NEW YORK with Parachute Wings on one side and 187th GIR insignia with 11th AB insignia and SAPPORO JAPAN with Glider wings on the other. The bag is also painted along the top with both blue circular parachute and glider/para cap insignia. Zipper is not functional.
B-4 Bag:
Length: 24"
Width: 17"
Height: 7"
As truly eye catching set from an Airborne Glider Rider in the Pacific Theatre of Operations!
The 187th Infantry Regiment was originally constituted in the War Department files as the 187th Glider Infantry Regiment (GIR) on 12 November 1942 and activated with the 11th Airborne Division at Camp Mackall, North Carolina on 25 February 1943, under the command of Colonel Harry B. Hildebrand. The first recruits arrived on 2 March. The 187th went through basic training from 15 March to 21 June. After a period of squad-, platoon-, and company-level unit training, the 187th started formal glider training at Laurinburg–Maxton Army Airfield, North Carolina in late July. Although it was originally a two-battalion glider-borne infantry regiment, the men of the 187th would become dual qualified, able to enter combat either by glider or parachute.
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