Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely, well used “D-Day” map of the Cherbourg and Cain areas of France. The map is dated 1943 and has a scale of 1:250,000. The map belonged to Sergeant Kenneth E. Vermillion of the 959th Field Artillery Battalion. He landed on Omaha Beach after the initial invasion as part of the 1st Army, supported by the 2nd Armored Division and the 29th and 30th infantry divisions. He participated in the capture of Brest, The Battle of the Bulge and Aachen. By V-E Day, his unit linked up with the Soviets near Magdeburg on the Elbe River.
We have no way to prove this map belonged to him other than a piece of paper that states the previous owner received this map from Mr Vermillion in May of 1975.
The map is about what you would expect a field used map to look like. It is wrinkled, has wear on the edges, minor separation in the folds and even has ink stains present. This was a map that was definitely used almost daily while the unit was in the area.
Comes more than ready for display.
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